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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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!

[-] smokinliver@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

As I understand it, Inuit is still the accepted ethnonym, in both singular and plural. So an Inuk but an Inuit girl, I think.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

🤔 ✍️

[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

You know she's seen some shit.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

I think that expression is saying "wtf are you doing in my house taking my picture?"

[-] PrimeMinisterKeyes@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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."

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

She looks like she's having nunavut.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I feel like it's shaped in a way to trap heat, but then the smoke vent just negates that?

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Naw the smoke vent will not vent too much heat. I kinda want to build one and find out

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

You can make stairs out of snow.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ok sure (not really) but why would you need stairs on a tundra?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago
  1. More space.

  2. More of the shelter is out of the wind.

  3. The deeper you go, the closer to the 'average' temperature you get, which is usually less miserable than whatever thermometer-breaking sub-zero temperature snap is causing people who are used to the weather to seek shelter.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

The interior of well-built igloos was usually in the 60s (F). Quite cozy considering it's the fucking Arctic Circle.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

Have you tryed digging frozen ground? You would not do that for a short term dwelling.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Some igloos are made for long-term habitation.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes but not the ones people have the image of in their head. Like the picture I showed above. The picture seems to be of a substantial version and I wish I could know more about it.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Lacking doors, this is a way to cut down on wind coming into your igloo.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

My guess is that it's easier to dig out a structure than build one from the ground up.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

This is a very arresting photograph isn’t it. Thanks for sharing c:

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This reminds me of why I stopped playing Skyrim.

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 11 points 3 weeks ago

You met a beautiful woman focused on survival that looks down on you if you play videogames?

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago
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