The bands of ancient Neanderthals that struggled throughout Europe during the last Ice Age faced challenges no tougher than those confronted by the modern Inuit, or Eskimos. That’s the conclusion of a ...
Over the past five years, photographer Ciril Jazbec has documented the changing lives of the Inuit people in Greenland, the world’s largest island, which is covered by the world’s largest and ...
MONTREAL — While Canada’s isolated northern aboriginals are not sitting at the same table as the 180 nations attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference, they have a front-row seat to the chilling ...
Inuits are less likely to develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes, despite their large fat intake. Ansgar Walk/wikimedia, CC BY-SA For evolutionary biologists, the best experiments are those ...
INUIT people living in Greenland may have inherited caveman genes that helped an extinct type of human survive the last Ice Age. New evidence suggests the Inuits are protected against the Arctic cold ...
This is Kiviak, a traditional winter foodstuff consumed by Greenlandic Inuits. It may look like a seal’s carcass stuffed with whole, fermented birds because, well, it is. Trust me, this is one dish ...
Kitsissut is a nightmare for modern sailors. It’s a remote cluster of islands in the High Arctic, choked by fog, battered by shifting winds, and hemmed in by lethal currents. Most people (even ...