Question

In Greenland, Inuits build snow houses in winter and tou pigs in summer, why?

Answer 1

The people who are living in this cold climate are known as the Eskimos. This Eskimos build their ice made houses which are also known as the igloos in the winter seasons. Eskimos use tou pigs in summer for their skins for tent making in the summer season.

Eskimo

• Eskimos is a term used for the indigenous circumpolar people.
• They are traditional inhabitants of the regions like Alaska, Northern Canada, Eastern Siberia in Russia, Greenland, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik.
• The two main peoples known as Eskimo are Yupik of Alaska and Eastern Siberia, and the Inuit.
• The population of Eskimos is currently more than 183,000.

Igloo

• An igloo is also known as a snow hut or snow house.
• There are three traditional types of igloos
• Igloos are often associated with all Eskimo and Inuit and peoples.
• Igloo is a type of shelter built of snow, snow is used because the air pockets trapped in it make it an insulator.

Greenland

• It is located to the east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
• The majority of Greenland residents are Inuit, settling across the island by the 13th century. Their ancestors migrated from Alaska through Northern Canada.
• Greenland is located between the Atlantic and Arctic and oceans.
• Greenland is the world’s largest island.
• Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
• Almost the entire Greenland island is sparsely populated, the population is mainly concentrated on the southwest coast.
• Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland.
• The official language is Greenlandic.
• Greenland National Park is the world’s northernmost national park and the world’s largest national park, its size is bigger than 29 countries in the world.
• One of the highest shares of renewable energy in the world is with Greenland.
• Greenland is divided into 5 municipalities – Avannaata, Kujalleq, Sermersooq,, Qeqqata, Qeqertalik.