Of course, impermeability is crucial in the harsh Arctic climate. The museum has a small display on the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. It illustrates the degree to which the miners had to be self-sufficient in order to survive long enough to make it rich or, in the more likely scenario, just get by. Mining gold was not their only task. I have to wonder just how many of us today have such a high degree of resourcefulness and could be happy in such a demanding environment.
Children learn to tell stories by using a knife to draw pictures in sand.
This is a form of entertainment as well as a way to perpetuate the native culture. The animal is slower because it's hooves must plow through the snow. Eventually the animal wears down and the hunter gets his prey. Among other things, the ulu is used for cutting patterns, skinning, cooking, eating, and splitting sinews. The museum has a mock-up which shows how a family of five live through the cold winter in an area of about 200 square feet or less.