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The far north counterpart to [[Injun Country]], and part of the [[Hollywood Atlas]] dealing with [[Canada, Eh?]]. Expect any Inuit villages to be a mishmash of outdated stereotypes. [[Polar Bears and Penguins]] are the only wildlife features in the otherwise blank white landscape. The plant life is non-existent, the snow never ever thaws. The only people around are Eskimo who never, ever take off their parkas, and they spend each and every day dog sledding, ice fishing, and seal hunting. They eat nothing but blubber, their ice igloos are their permanent residences ([[Did Not Do the Research|rather than their actual use as temporary shelter]]), and they know nothing about the modern world. And, of course, they send their old people off to die on ice floes.
 
Note: In somemany places, ''especially'' [[Canada]], the word "Eskimo" itself is considered politically incorrect, derogatory, or both. It's a mispronunciation of Inuit ("The people" in Inuktitut), with "Inuk" being the term for an individual of this group. On the other hand, "Inuit" itself is specific to a single Native American people, and in some places natives who aren't Inuit welcome being called Inuit about as much as Welshmen relish being called English. The natives peoples of Canada (no matter where in Canada they live){{verify}} and also the far north of the U.S.A. are more generally known as the First Nations.
 
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