Thursday, December 20, 2012

Live In The Arctic


It was four and half tousand years ago when people came from Asia across the frozen Bering Strait into the Arctic. For many years in harsh living conditions Inuits have learned many useful techniques for hunting.

When they first began to interact with Europeans in the 17th century they started to lose their knowledge of the art of hunting
Within a few centuries Inuits almost extinct because their hunting traditions have been forgotten.


About this creation

Why arctic diorama?

The main reason is because I like winter and I like read travel books about ''cold'' topics. 
Dangerous expeditions to the North and South Pole always fascinated me.


My arctic diorama is built from 3660 bricks and is partly built in unfully attached bricks technique.
 Live In The Arctic contains: arctic landscape, igloo, Klondike Sled, two Inuits, seal and dog.


Inside the igloo: two places to sleep, oil lamp and pot


Inuits build large enough igloo to accommodate the whole family. In fact the construction process is very fast, it takes less than one hour. They mostly use blocks of snow, less ice. Igloo is a good protection against the weather, particularly icy wind. Night in the arctic can be very cold. Temperature in a closed igloo with several people inside could be about 0 Celsius degrees. In the Arctic is very difficult to find something to light the fire. It is nearly impossible to find floating wood, but if they found one they mostly used them for more important things like sleigh or making tools. In the oil lamps they use fat from seals.

My igloo is built from transparent clear bricks (ice) because if I would use the white bricks this diorama could be monotonous. Through transparent clear bricks is possible to see a little light from inside.



Please look below for more photos of my Arctic diorama





One surviving dog








Seal hunting










One of a number of days on ice...fishing.


Klondike Sled











Thanks for watching.


1 comment:

  1. Within a few centuries Inuits almost extinct because their hunting traditions have been forgotten.bilder andørja

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