INUIT BOY IN SEALSKIN AND BONE
Here are is a more detailed close
up of this Inuit boy. This has much more details on the bone slit eye wear to prevent snow blindness. A very effective solution to cut out
all the radiation in the arctic that I would most definitely use if I
wasn’t privy to adequate sunglasses.
The people here are mainly Inuit, they are also Canadians, and for
the most part they dress just like me. But for the sake of preserving
history and traditions, for special occasions they will put on
traditional clothing.
The intricacy and beauty of this traditional wear is stunning. Made
entirely of seal skin, every piece of the animal has been used for
something. A close look at the crafting and stitching reveals how much
work has gone into the making of these. Thousands of years of trial,
error and Inuit ingenuity has gone into the design of these beautiful,
functional and life preserving attire.
Another danger out here is the
harsh glare of the arctic sun, it’s magnified by the amount of high
albedo snow and ice of this landscape. The Inuit have developed visors
made of bone, with tiny slits letting in just enough light to see but
not so much to get snow blindness.
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ReplyDeleteVitamin C
very interesting fact about Inuit and similar peoples of arctic regions - prior to introduction to "western" diet - was the ability of their bodily systems to self produce vitamin C
(think about it - there are little to no sources of fruit, vegetables, etc. that provide vitamin C in the Arctic)
scientists of earlier eras who studied these people, who subsisted mostly on raw and dried animal, fish flesh - discovered that their bodies self-produced necessary levels of vitamin C
once the "western" diet was adopted - which provided the vitamin - the Arctic peoples bodies production of the C vit was interrupted - permanently
a good example of vit C self producing animals is the dog
this is why dogs - generally - will immediately reject any citrus fruits (or those containing C vit); their bodies will lose ability to self-produce, which in turn will lead to many problems for the dog ...
(this is in no means a comparison of Inuit to dogs, versa vice, ...)
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