Nanoq (
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
for
polar bear) is a museum in
Jakobstad
Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ...
, Finland, specializing in arctic culture and
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
in particular.
The museum hosts exhibitions about famous polar expeditions and displays many items, e.g. a replica of the balloon gondola from
S.A. Andrée's fateful expedition and material from the
John Phipps expedition to
Svalbard around 1770, as well as several artifacts related to the Norwegian explorers
Fridtjof Nansen and
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen beg ...
.
External links
The Arctic Museum's homepage
Ethnographic museums in Europe
Museums in Ostrobothnia (region)
Jakobstad
Open-air museums in Finland
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