FAQ'S

What's your descendent's?
I'm part Inuit, Scandanivain, and Danish.

What is it like living in Greenland?
Well, It's like living anywhere else. We are involved in the modern world and adopted most of it's technology. Most of the inuits live here in Greenland and in the far northern coasts of Russia and Siberia. Most of the land here is flat, barren tundra. Our language is divided into 2 major dialect groups: Inupik and Yupik. Inupik speakers are in the majority and reside in an area stretching from Greenland to western Alaska. Speakers of Yupik inhabit a region consisting of southwestern Alaska and Siberia. Christian is the most common religion here. Today our holidays focus on the Christian calendar. Traditionally, a feast called a potlatch was held whenever a new totem pole was raised. The Inuit who held the potlatch would often give away his most valuable possessions at the ceremony.
The Inuit had several different forms of traditional housing. Here, they often lived in permanent stone houses. Along the shores of Siberia, they lived in villages made up of houses built from driftwood and earth. Summer housing for many of us was a skin tent, while in the winter the igloo, or house made of snow, was common. Today many of us live in single-story, prefabricated wooden houses with a combined kitchen and living room area and one or two bedrooms. Most are heated with oil-burning stoves. However, since the Inuit are spread across such a vast area, their housing styles vary.
In recent years, dogsleds have been replaced by snowmobiles as the main mode of transportation for many Inuit.Family ties—both nuclear and extended—have always been of great importance to the Inuit. Having a large family was always considered desirable.
Traditionally, women have often assumed a secondary role in Inuit society. At mealtime, an Inuit woman was required to serve her husband and any visitors before she herself was permitted to eat. But at the same time, a common Inuit saying extolled women in this way: "A hunter is what his wife makes him." The women were the ones who gathered firewood, butchered the animals, and erected tents in summer and igloos in winter. Traditional Inuit clothing is perhaps the most important single factor in ensuring survival in the harsh Arctic environment. Its ability to keep the wearer alive in sub-zero temperatures was of prime importance. We make all of our clothing from various animal skins and hides. In winter we wear two layers of caribou skin clothing. The outer layer had the fur facing out, while the fur of the inner layer faced in. The outer garment is a hooded parka.
Today a variety of shops sell modern Western-style clothing to us. Like their counterparts in cultures throughout the world, young people favor jeans, sneakers, and brightly colored sportswear. However, both old and young still rely on traditional Inuit gear when confronting the elements in any extended outdoor activity. The traditional Inuit dietary staples are seal, whale, caribou, walrus, polar bear, arctic hare, fish, birds, and berries. Because we eat raw food, and every part of the animal, we doo not lack vitamins, even though we have almost no vegetables to eat. With the introduction of modern Western-style food, including fast food, over the past two to three decades, our diet has changed, and not for the better. The consumption of foods rich in sugar and carbohydrates has resulted in tooth decay and other diet-related medical problems.
A tradional bread, bannock, is made while trapping or living in camps. The dough could be wrapped around a stick and cooked over an open fire. Most Inuit children ski or ride snowmobiles to get to and from school. They are taught standard subjects, including math, history, spelling, reading, and the use of computers. However, our teachers are also concerned that the students learn something about their culture and traditions.

What do you look like?
I have greenish-blue eyes and black hair that is usually in spikes. I have oriental eyes kind of but not fully (if you know what I mean)and I'm a shade darker than the average white person.

What languages can you speak and write?
I can write and speak in Danish, Scandanivain Russian, English, Italian, and Polish.

How often do you travel?
I travel to a minium of 2 continents/countries per month. This month, it was only 1. Wait until January, I'm going to Switzerland!!