Awesome Arctic Animals
Wild on the tundra
Awesome Arctic animals
Hidden in haiku
Welcome
to Awesome Arctic Animals, featuring 31
animals of the north camouflaged in snowy haiku. Read the haiku, then click
the snow goose to see and read about the animal. Have a fun journey--and
stay warm!
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During
your trip, click
on the ear next to the title to hear how the animal's
name is pronounced in Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit people.
Click on the snow goose to go forward, the polar bear to go back and the igloo
to return to the index of poems below.
#1
- Aivik
#2 - Tiriganiaq
#3 - Tuktu
#4 - Nanuq
#5 - Agparaq
#6 - Pamiuqtuuk
#7 - Qugjuk
#8 - Aarluq
#9 - Ukaliarjuk
#10 - Umingmak
#11 - Amaruq
#12 - Tulugak
#13 - Kigiaq
#14 - Arvik
#15 - Nirliq
#16 - Nuvalqiq
#17 - Siksik
#18 - Qilalugak
#19 - Nattiq
#20 - Imiqqutailaq
#21 - Aqiggiq
#22 - Qilaluga Tuugaalik
#23 - Kakilaak
#24 - Naujavaaq
#25 - Avingak
#26 - Sulukpaugaq
#27 - Ukpik
#28 - Aklaq
#29 - Iqaluk
#30 - Kiggaviarjuk
#31 - Qimmiq
Awesome Arctic Animals
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Photo
Credit: © The Chicago Zoological Society Used w/ permission. Background:
© Photodisc® All rights reserved.
Thank you to the following students at Maani Ulujuk Ilinniavik Middle School
in Rankin Inlet for recording the Inuktitut pronunciations of the animal names:
Evan, Roger, Graham, Marilyn, Nicole, Donovan and Sheena.
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