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a harpoon head
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Whale Harpoon

An arrow from a whale harpoon obtained from Baffin Island. ...
Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep...
March 2020
a wood frame dries walrus hide
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Walrus Hide

Skin boats are the only marine boats to use seal and walrus skins to cover the boat...
a sketch of a kayak design
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Kayak Sketch

A kayak frame was built of driftwood, a readily available building material in much...
Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....
April 2018
a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
A point made of Ramah Chert that belonged to the early Eskimo group known as the Groswater Dorset Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
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Early Eskimo Point

About 2,500 years ago cold climate brought the first Inuit peoples into the Gulf of...
A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point

Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada...
A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008.  Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy

An underwater archaeological stratigraphy reveals the different levels of soil in...
Map depicting the archaeological excavation site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2009
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Archaeological Site Map of Hare Harbor

The Arctic Studies Center's excavation site map of Hare Harbor maps some of the...
A fragment of European ballamine ceramic that was excavated at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Fragment of a European Bellarmine Jug

A 2011 excavation led by the Arctic Studies Center uncovered this fragment of...
The excavation site of an Inuit home in Hare Harbor, Quebec, Canada
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Excavation of an Inuit House

Excavations between 2002 through 2011 at Hare Harbor have shown that this site was...

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