Inuit cartography: maps carved in driftwood

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This might be my new favourite projection.

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Wish I hadn’t lost mine. Maybe I’ll just head for that big red lighthouse.

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Either that one on the left is upside-down, or I’ve got my fingers on the wrong hands.

One of my favorite things about living in Canada is how much more effort is put into understanding indigenous cultures these days.

…At least where I work anyway, which still could be better, but is miles ahead of most of what I experienced in the states.

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And I thought stick charts were hard to read.

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