course of the past 5,000 years. http://www.answers.com/topic/eskimo#ixzz1AyrqmhBV 7.  Muktuk is most often made from the skin and blubber of the Bowhead whale , although the Beluga and the Narwhal are also used. 8.   Ptarmigan , close relatives of forest and prairie grouse, live in alpine and arctic tundras throughout the northern