constantly
shifting: "They
used to make qarmat from either stones or sod. From
the time of my childhood I could remember the time when they
would make the same qarmaq over and over again. The walls did
not fall easily but the upper section would." C.A. Arnatsiaq.
Quoteds in, Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut. Montreal,
Canada, 2004.
landscapes
pulverize: R. Smith, "Finding
a Muse in Mountains and Chestnut Trees." New York Times,
27January 2006.
right
next to it: R.M. Rilke, Letters
to Cézanne. New York, 1985.
artifacts,
including: www.orkneyjar.com/history/historicalfigures/
johnrae/index.html
copied
the native: P. Berton, The
Arctic Grail. New York, 1988.
was a nation: Ibid.
Here were
men of intelligence: Ibid.
British
society: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6566547