A | B |
eewoonucks | eskimo word for mounds of snow & ice mixed with sand and rock |
floe | floating ice |
mukluks | sealskin or reindeer |
phobia | fear |
tundra | treeless plain |
mammoth | giant |
merchandise | carry on commence to buy & sell husk |
Iditarod | dogsled race starts in Anchorage ends in Nome 1179 miles |
dumbfounded | puzzled, confused |
caribou | new world arctic deer considered identical to the reindeer |
coiled | series of connected spirals or concentric rings formed by gathering or winding |
criticized | to find fault with |
groped | feel one's way. search blindly |
harpoon | spear with an attached rope and a barbed head used in whaling |
harness | gear by which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement(sled) |
inhabit | to live or reside in |
kayak | eskimo canoe with a deck covering that closes around the waist of the paddler |
floe | large flat mass of floating ice |
suspicious | tending to be suspect; distrustful |