One of my favorites. Nothing special. I was in Nunavut working for my grandfather for the summer. We were fishing outside town, and we stumbled upon an Inukshuk.
To those who don't know, I will give a brief history about the Inukshuk. Why? Because I'm full of information like this, and I love Inuk history.
The Inukshuk had several purposes. The most common type of Inukshuk had been a single stone standing upright. It mormally meant a food cache, good hunting grounds, or something similar. When translated directly, Inukshuk means 'that which acts as or for a person' or something similar. The Inukshuks that look more like a human being were either (as I mentioned before) used to mark a food cache (et cetera) right in that spot, or point to the spot with the arms. It also was used to guide hunters home when it was dark (which is the case in Northern Canada. Just off of mainland Canada, you can expect to have about 1 month of solid darkness. It increases the further North you go. In Alert, it is dark for approximately 6 months of the year).
The Inukshuk is obviously obsolete now, with the advent of GPS's, and even technology that came long before the GPS. In Cambridge Bay, where I was staying, they often used the communications tower as a 'modern day inukshuk', because it was extremely high, and had many lights on it.
...Now for the photos.
This one was taken West of town, and is looking towards mainland Canada. At that places there, you could just barely see the pack ice.
This Inukshuk was really only about three feet tall...
Unfortunately, there was an error with the image, and it's significantly smaller. I'll try to find a decent one.
I very much enjoy photos of things that most people just pass right by without a second thought or even a first one at that.
