An Inuksuk or Inukshuk - which
seems to be Inuit for cairn, a pile of stones. This one is
possibly over a thousand years old, or rather there's been one
here for possibly a thousand years which means that it must have
been erected by people of the Dorset Culture and then kept as
useful by the later Thule people and then the Inuit who replaced them.
I am told that this is the back
of it though I have no idea how you tell the front from the back.
Apparently they aren't "just" a pile of stones, but have different
meanings such as to give directions, hunting / fishing places, a
food cache etc.
Air temp: +6º C Latitude: 73º 44' N Longitude: 80º 13' W
These are pictures
from a cruise to the High Arctic in August 2010, from Resolute
Bay Canada to Kangerlussuaq in Greenland.
Pictures copyright Paul Ward.
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