Explore Inuit Mythology
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Malina is the Sun goddess of the Inuit people who live in Greenland. The word "Inuit" means ...
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Anningan is the name of the Moon god of some of the Inuit people that live in Greenland. The ...
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Sedna was the sea spirit according to the peoples of northern Canada and Greenland, known as ...
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Traditional Inuit way of life was influenced by the harsh climate and stark landscapes of the ...
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A truly unique photo album of Inuit life at the turn of the last century ...
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The Arctic is warming quickly, faster than other places on Earth. Inuit people who live there ...
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For four months a team of explorers and educators led by Will Steger explored Baffin Island ...
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you know that ancient people were sometimes
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by solar eclipses?
Did you know that North America and the Antarctic may have been connected?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Shadow zonexShadow zone : The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being b
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Research Highlights
Geologists have learned that a magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people on September 29, 2009 in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-whammy. The 8.1 "great earthquake"...
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