Arctic Creatures

The Arctic subcategory centres on sea ice, tundra travel, and coastal hunting communities. Narrative and song accompany seasonal movement, with ceremonies that attend to sea mammals, weather, and safety. Sources include ethnography, oral histories, and explorers’ records, read critically for context and bias. Entries note transliterations across Inuit and Yupik languages and regional spellings used in archives. Motifs include collaboration, respect for animal persons, and the dangers of storm and darkness. Use tiles to scan by habitat, season, or ritual, then open cards for sources, keywords, and iconographic cues.