Arctic transportation

How could people move on the huge ice area? Normally, people walk and take a car and etc. But in Arctic, those simple transportation could be hard. Ride a car on the ice? This is bad idea. Walking on the ice whole day? If you have strong foot, you can try, but it isn't good idea at all. So, they have solutions of this problem. First they have Siberian husky' slide. About 7 Siberian husky pull the whatever it looks like a wagon. I want to hop in the wagon that goes by Siberian husky one day. It will make me to feel being Santa. But these days, the snowmobiles are getting popular for Arctic people. Because they are much faster and easier than take care all the 7 dogs.

Arctic clothes

In Arctic area the temperature goes down 40 below to Celsius. Wow, What should we wear in that place. May be long coat, triple hoodies, and ugg boots. No way! Your body will be frozen if you wear like that. Eskimo and Inuit people have tradition way to make perfect warm clothes. Yeah, they use the polar bears' skin and caribou. They provide the most warmth, but seal and fish skin were also used. Seal's skin also used for making shoes. Because it has waterproof function. What if I wear a coat made by polar bear and shoes made by seals? Wow, I must be the coolest person in the world. But I might die, because of heat. Get this coat and live a better life.

Arctic Religion

Although there are not many people living in Arctic area, they have religion too. One of those is shamans. The shamans is the religion that respect the spiritual leaders, healers or advisers. Well shaman are found in many tribes and societies across the world. is anyone can be the shaman? No way, you need something that extraordinary event like a childhood illness or a ream that gave them insight into their life. In other words, you have to unique and exotic. I was wonder that could I be the shaman when I go up there? Well, I think I spent my childhood with lots of extraordinary events. We'll see. Okay, and another one is shape of aurora. shaman or chief observe the aurora and determine what's going to happen to them. Aurora wasn't just pretty nature phenomenon.

Arctic season

Arctic has 2 main seasons; summer and winter. In other words, its weather is very cold or just cold. Well, Summers in the Arctic begin around mid-July and last till end of August. The weirdest thing is the sun never sets. Can.. Can you imagine that happening? Okay, I will give you the example. You will not see darkness for a month. But time still tickling though. Okay, it's time to go to bed, but the sunlight come though the your window. It makes you crazy, isn't it? But this is nothing. The rest of months are winter. It's all covered by darkness. Every time you wake up in the morning, still outside is totally dark. Should I have to go back to sleep? Well, this is crazy too. So many of people who live in Arctic has depression during the winter. Because they are exposed by enough sun light. Anyway, I hope that the same thing happens where I live. I can hang out with my friends all day long, however, the sun protect us. And I can sleep for months...

Arctic plants

You may think that Arctic has only huge ices and some of polar bears. That's totally and absolutely wrong. Well, Arctic has many kinds of plants more than you think. In the Arctic area, numerous plants thrive such as birch and willows shrubs, as well as heath, lingonberries, bilberries... I can't even put all the kinds of plants in here. It's gonna be a lot. In addition, those plants actually really good qualities,so the forest is very important industry for them. I mentioned before that Eskimo and Inuit usually get food from the animal that they hunted. Well, keep eating meat could be disgusting. These days, they could get vegetables and make awesome salad with it. Maybe their diet would be changed already. First they have salad for appetizer and eat steak or something. I wonder where they buy the salad dressing though.

Arctic race

Who does maintain the Arctic area since 18th century? The Inuit keep the Arctic area with their own lifestyle. About 150,000 Inuti lives there. First when they came, they don't have certain language. Well, they didn't have actual written language. But in 1760s, Moravian missionaries arrived in Greenland, where they contributed to the development of a written system of lnaguage called Qaliujaaqpait, based on the Latin alphabet. Thanks for them, they could have perfect own language.
What do they eat in almost the coldest area in the world? Inuit have traditionally been hunters and fishers. They hunt walrs, caribou, seal and polar bears. They also used those aniaml for industry. Well, they use the seal's ivory to make decoration and weapons. And they make clothes with animals skins.
How about their marrige life? Both gender are expected to hunt and cook whenever they have to do. But usually, men go to hunt and women stay home,and take care of their children. Well, alos, Open marriages, polygamy, diverce, and remarriage were known.

Arctic Igloo

How people could live in Arctic? Where they are going to sleep? Don't worry, they have igloo. Igloo is Inuit language but it can translated snow house in English. If you just look at the igloo outside, it seems like just ice bunker. Well, It is very hard as bunker though. Because they have to stand from the strong snowstorm, so it should be stable. Anyway, If you go inside, you can forget the freaking cold weather. It really does. The inside of igloo maintain the heat by the awesome traditional constructive way. Of course, there are some igloos used for store and cafe. Well, it would be cool that drink a coffee or hot chocolate in igloo. But no matter how the igloo keep the heat, but don't forget the thick coat!! If you don't, you can be eaten by cute polar bears.

Arctic aurora

You might have seen before the picture of aurora in science magazine or TV. How was it? I bet you said "This is so cool" or not. Aurora is the light shown as like huge curtain upon in the sky. It has tons of neon colors of course. Well, what it makes happen? It has really complicate principles that related the amount of light energy. It's too difficult to say this. Actually I don't know.. Anyway, if you live in Arctic, you have more chance to see cool aurora. Arctic and Antarctic only have aurora. See how it would be worthy? I want to describe the aurora that the nature plays the fireworks. Since many years ago, many people visit the Arctic area to see Aurora. I wish I could go there and see beautiful aurora in someday. That would be awesome.

Arctic climate

IF you look at the globe, the Arctic area is all covered by ice. So many people think that north pole is always winter. But this is wrong. Well, Arctic has 4 seasons as well, but especially two main seasons are summer and winter. In summer the tempearture goes up 10 to 14 F. Depend on the area, there is more cooler than this. Because of this cool weather, Arctic area could plant vegetabels and live few types of animals. However in the winter, the temperature goes down -40 to 0 F. Yeah, this would be real cold as hell. Sometimes, we are whinning like why is it so cold today!!!? Sorry, this is nothing for Arctic. And another fact that most people misunderstand is Arctic is colder than the Anartic. Because underneath of the Arctic is made of ice, however, the under the Anartic is made of land. I bet you guys had experiment that compare the temperature between water and sand. It's exactly same like this condition. Lastly, you might have heard this. People who live in the Arctic area, get depression easier than people don't. Well, this is becuase Arctic area is not quite exposed by sun espcially in the winter. That's why people get depression.

Polar bear

If you think about the Arctic, in your head, the polar bear will be popped up easily. Polar bear is the well known animal which is living in the Arctic. Why the polar bear is so friendly to people? Well, you may have seen the commercial of the coke in onetime that the polar bears are drinking coke as a human who drink coke with cheese pizza while they watching the TV. These kind of advertisements express that polar bear is cute and genial animal. Also, Polar bears are covered by all white hairs that makes them very pure and gentle not as like grizzly bear which is covered by dark brown hairs. However, the bear is the bear. This mean, Polar bear aslo has characteristic of ferocious beast. You can not believe this? Well, Polar bears usually hunt Ringed and Beared seals. They smack them down with their huge paws. Are they still cute? They might have blood on the pure white hairs. oh,,that... that's not cute at all. Anyway, they were loved by lots' people when they are guffing around with the ice and snow.