Traditional weapons on display at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit. Notice the toggle-head technology that allows the weapon's point to stay in the animal while the shaft falls free.

On display in Iqaluit's Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre. This caribou fur parka is, of course, a much more modern style than what Omat's family would have worn, but the large hood and carrying straps at least give a sense of traditional women's clothing.

Jordanna appreciating a woman's caribou fur parka inside the excellent small museum in Pangnirtung's Angmarlik Visitors Centre. Ooleepeeka Arnaqaq explained the museum's collection, generously sharing her expertise.

On display at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit.

On display at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit.

A qarmaq reconstructed inside the Angmarlik Visitors Centre in Pangnirtung.

I assist...badly...in building an iglu. It is much, much harder than it looks. If you want to try it, contact Alex Flaherty's Polar Outfitting. Alex is a skilled Inuit hunter and guide who seems to know everyone in Nunavut.

My very patient and phenomenally skilled iglu-building instructor, Solomon Awa. An Inuit elder with a lifetime of experience on the land, Solomon Awa is surely one of the best people in Nunavut to demonstrate this traditional Inuit skill.

Lighting a traditional stone oil lamp, or qulliq. The Anilniliak family in Pangnirtung kindly demonstrated the traditional procedure in their thoroughly modern home.

Dried caribou sinew, used as thread for sewing fur clothing. On display at the Angmarlik Vistors Centre in Pangnirtung.

Game made from an animal skin. Sometimes played in winter to urge the sun's return. On display in the Angmarlik Visitors Centre in Pangnirtung.

A stone oil lamp, or qulliq, and a brush made from a bird's wing. On display at the Angmarlik Visitors Centre in Pangnirtung.

Whip, kicking ball, and other tools on display at the museum of the Angmarlik Visitors Centre in Pangnirtung.

A wooden mask, probably used in shamanic rituals, on display in the Auyuittuq National Park Visitors Centre in Pangnirtung.