Inuit Influence For thousands of years ... lasts for two solid months around the time of the winter solstice. Sirmilik offers a variety of activities for hardy travelers eager to learn about ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically. The winter ...

But each year at the summer solstice they return ... remains icebound long after Lancaster Sound is open water. The Inuit from Arctic Bay camp out at the edge of the ice floe awaiting the ...