Thule Culture

Information on The Inuit of Nunavut - Canada

Vegetation covers Thule culture house remains on Steward Ø, East Greenland.

Thule culture remains Dødemandsbugten; Clavering Ø; East Greenland;

Thule Culture remains under a light dusting of autumn snow. Hvalros Ø. East Greenland.

Thule Culture remains under a light dusting of autumn snow. Germania Havn. East Greenland.

Map of the Igloolik region, from Lyon's picture for Parry's Journal. Voyage of Discovery. 1821-23

Lyon's picture of Inuit hunting walrus, for Parry's Journal. Voyage of Discovery. 1821-23

Lyon's picture of Inuit couple, Nakahu & Oomna, for Parry's Journal. Voyage of Discovery. 1821-23

Thule culture remains, Danmark Ø, Scoresbysund. East Greenland

A traditional Thule culture toggle hitch made from bone and used to attach a dog team to a sled. Qaanaaq, Northwest Greenland. 2008

The remains of an old Inuit Thule culture house on Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada. 2002

Tour guide Nette with her rifle at the Old Thule settlement of Sydkap, Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Tour guide Nette with her rifle at the Old Thule settlement of Sydkap, Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Ruins of a wooden hut amongst the Thule Culture house rings at Sydkap. East Greenland. 2005

Warmly dressed tourists enjoy the autumn sunshine close to the historic Thule Culture site at Sydkap. Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Hut rings of Thule culture houses at Sydcap on the coast of Halls Bredning, now covered in vegetation Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Hut rings of Thule culture houses at Sydcap on the coast of Halls Bredning, now covered in vegetation Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Hut rings of Thule culture houses at Sydcap on the coast of Halls Bredning, now covered in vegetation Scoresbysund Fiord. East Greenland. 2005

Reconstruction using bone and stone. Thule Culture house Resolute. Cornwallis Is. Nunavut. Canada. 2002

Ruins of a Thule Culture House on Skraeling Island. Ellesmere Island. Canadian Arctic. 2002

Ruins of a Thule Culture House on Skraeling Island. Ellesmere Island. Canadian Arctic. 2002

Tourists at reconstruction of Thule culture house, using whalebone at the entrance. Resolute. Canada. 2002

Inuit snow goggles of caribou antler, the slits prevent snow blindness. Thule Culture. Arctic Canada

Inuit of the Igloolik region travel by dog sled. Lyon's picture for Parry's Journal. Voyage of Discovery. 1821-23

Explorer John Ross meets Polar Eskimos in 1817 near Cape York. Greenland.

Capt John Ross's first meeting the eskimos on his expedition of 1818.

Inuit from Igloolik hunt caribou from kajaks. Lyon's picture for Parry's Journal. Voyage of Discovery. 1821-23

Illustration from Parry's Journal 1821-23. Inuit of the Igloolik region hunting at seal's breathing holes.