The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and LegendA tour of the arctic universe awaits readers of The Arctic Sky. Constellations, star lore, legends and mythology, the sun, moon, planets, "shooting-stars, " and atmospheric phenomena such as aurora borealis, are explored from a variety of perspectives. Combining interviews with the Inuit elders and the historical records of arctic explorers and other keen observers, The Arctic Sky is a memorable journey through the Arctic night. |
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Aagjuuk stars Akuttujuuk Alaska Aldebaran Amarualik Aningaat appear Aqatsiaq aqsarniit Arctic Arcturus aurora Baffin Island Betelgeuse Birket-Smith brother called camp caribou celestial comm constellation Coronation Gulf Cranz dark daylight dogs Earth eclipse Eskimo George Kappianaq heard heavens horizon hunters hunting igloo Igloolik Igloolik area Igloolik elders Iglulingmiut Ijjangiaq Iliarjugaarjuk Innuksuk Inuit Inuktitut Jenness Kaukjakjualuk Kingulliq Kupaaq Labrador lamp latitude legend light Mathiassen Moon Moon-man morning Nanurjuk navigation night Niviattian Noah Piugaattuk Northern Quebec Northwest Greenland Nuuttuittuq observed Orion orphan boy Paniaq Parry Pleiades Point Barrow polar bear Pond Inlet Quturjuuk Rasmussen reference region Repulse Bay Royal Ontario Museum Sakiattiak seal seen shaman Sikuliarsiujuittuq Sirius sister Sivulliik snow snowdrifts solstice spirit string games Sun's taanna taboo taimanna Taqqiq tavva tavvaguuq tavvaliguuq term Thalbitzer 1914 tion told Tukturjuit Uangnaq Ullaktut uqalurait Uqsuutaattiaq Ursa Major Vega walrus wayfinding weather West Greenland wind winter