北極圈的冰冷世界

嗨，讓我們一同來觀賞這兩隻美麗的鶴雕刻品。它們各自有不同的神韻，它們是我們從這個社區向二個藝術家購買來的。它們是用麝香牛的角和北美馴鹿的茸角等材質混合手工雕刻的。

加拿大鶴像許多其他候鳥，在因紐特人社會中尤其寶貴的，在這裡是太陽的象徵，代表溫馨暖和天氣與夏天時段。由於存活這裡自然界的麝香牛頭上的角頗受被藝術家雕刻出鶴優雅的曲線，成為時下雕像的趨勢。

加拿大鶴有一個紅色前額、白色面頰、長長的脖子和深黑色的尖嘴。 公性和母性的鶴極為相像，而且公的比母的大隻。

加拿大鶴冬天時停留在加拿大南方和美國西部，等到夏天時段遷徙到西北疆土Northwest Territories和加拿大領屬的北極圈努納武特 Nunavut。不同亞種的鶴也存在;有些常駐留，還有些遷移其他地區。

許多的鶴在每年夏天會回來Ulukhaqtuuq (Holman，西北疆土)附近的寒帶草原。 許多因紐特人喜歡觀察牠們的習性。而且很歡迎這可愛的夏天季節的鳥來到，意謂著看到牠們就知道美麗的夏天即將來臨，這裡將呈現多彩顏色不再只是雪白色了！我引頸期盼這裡的夏天趕快來臨！

Hi, let’s admire these two beautiful crane carvings. We bought these from two artists from this community. There are made of muskox horns caribou antlers, mixing together both of materials.

Canadian cranes are, like many other migratory birds, valued highly among Inuit societies. Cranes are a symbol of sun, warming days and summer time. Their elegance is well depicted thanks to the natural form of the muskox horns, and the artist gives movement to his sculpture.

Canadian crane (grus canadensis) has a red forehead, white cheeks, a long neck and dark pointed bill. The sexes look-alike, and males are bigger than females. Different subspecies of cranes exist; some of them are resident and others are migratory. Canadian cranes migrate from winter lands in southern Canada and western to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic during summer.
Numerous cranes come back each summer to the tundra near Ulukhaqtuuq (Holman, Northwest Territories). Many Inuit people like to observe their behavior and welcome the lovely birds of summer. I am looking forward to seeing the summer here soon!

順便一提，因為好友葉子問及;我的新大頭貼圖的手上是在親一隻鵝或鴨子嗎?

補上放大的新大頭貼圖，圖中手上的冰塊像極了台灣的戳冰，真想咬下去～

延伸閱讀：Inuit因紐特人藝術雕刻 

延伸閱讀：手工雕刻品，新收藏入手！ 

延伸閱讀：期待太陽露臉唷！ 

延伸閱讀：極地原著民手工品