Stone cairns such as this were used over much of the north for driving caribou, who mistook them for hunters
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Stone cairns such as this were used over much of the north for driving caribou, who mistook them for hunters

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Stone cairns such as this were used over much of the north for driving caribou, who mistook them for hunters, They were also used as landmarks to aid winter travellers in finding their way across the nearly featureless frozen country. Eskimo. Hudson Bay.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Anchorage Museum of History & Art

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A27_214

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