A circumpolar overview

Around the top of the globe, dozens of distinct Indigenous and traditional cultures have thrived for thousands of years in some of the harshest climates on Earth. They span eight countries and share remarkable parallels in lifeways.

• Inuit (Canada, Greenland, Alaska, Russia)
• Sami (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia)
• Yupik & Aleut (Alaska, Russia)
• Nenets, Evenki, Yakuts (Siberia)
• Faroese, Icelandic, Greenlandic (North Atlantic)