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inukshuk

/ ɪˈʊʃʊ /

noun

  1. a stone used by the Inuit to mark a location
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of inukshuk1

from Inuktitut, literally: something in the shape of a man
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The Canadians also have made appearances, replacing the Danish liquor with Canadian whisky, erecting an inukshuk — a stone marker — and hoisting the maple leaf.

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The granite inukshuk - a man-shaped structure designed as a marker for Arctic hunters - was created by an Inuit artist in Canada in the 1960s.

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During its time, one of its arms fell off and was glued back on - but when it succumbed to gravity yet again, in 2013 the inukshuk was restored using a dowel.

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Mtec Installations, tasked with moving the inukshuk for the conservators, described it as a "highly complex and extremely unique" project.

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The inukshuk was designed to balance without any fixings, however, for safety reasons it was cemented together in 2010.

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