10mo ago

Inuit girl entering an igloo, Nunavut, Canada, ~1950

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10mo ago

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Wow this is a cool photo, do you have more details for it?
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Actually the reverse search got some more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Konek
Konek is an elder,[7][1] and lives in Arviat, Nunavut.
Very cool, thank you for sharing!
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/jordan-konek-grandmother-arviat-photo-1.5118410
  
  Thanks! Added it to the cross-post in !inuit@lemmy.ca
I believe to have read that Inuit is the plural and Inuk the singular.
I am not sure though if one is supposed to use singular or plural though in this context (like "a girl od the Inuit" or rather "a girl thats an Inuk")
Sorry for being pedantic.
- As I understand it, Inuit is still the accepted ethnonym, in both singular and plural. So an Inuk but an Inuit girl, I think.
  
  🤔 ✍️
You know she's seen some shit.
- I think that expression is saying "wtf are you doing in my house taking my picture?"
  
  Her expression says "I hope I won't bump into the photographer who asked to take a shot of me, because with the sun setting low in my back, I can't see shit as I'm walking down the stairs."
- She looks like she's having nunavut.
Neat, I am also interested in the fact there are stairs meaning this was a more permanent structure then what most think of as an igloo.
Maybe more like one of these? https://cdn.britannica.com/22/69922-050-C5873480/Cross-section-dwelling-peoples-North-American-Arctic.jpg
- I feel like it's shaped in a way to trap heat, but then the smoke vent just negates that?
  
  Naw the smoke vent will not vent too much heat. I kinda want to build one and find out
- You can make stairs out of snow.
  
  Ok sure (not really) but why would you need stairs on a tundra?
This is a very arresting photograph isn’t it. Thanks for sharing c:
This reminds me of why I stopped playing Skyrim.
- You met a beautiful woman focused on survival that looks down on you if you play videogames?

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