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"Not much else is kept here because of the nanook, the polar bears," Jeanie, Eliyah's wife tells me.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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"Not much else is kept here because of the nanook, the polar bears," Jeanie, Eliyah's wife tells me.
Alanat News 2009
skipvia commented on the word nanook
Inuit word for "polar bear." Also the mascot of University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams.
November 3, 2007
seanahan commented on the word nanook
The term "Nanook of the North" stands out for me, and it appears to be a 1922 movie, see IMDB . Weird, I wonder why an 85 year old movie pops so quickly to my mind.
November 3, 2007
skipvia commented on the word nanook
That film was one of the reasons I ended up in Alaska. It turns out that some of the documentary footage was staged, but it was still an unusual film for its time--an exotic documentary shot on location. I hope you get a chance to see it sometime.
November 3, 2007