Nanoq

Nanoq (Inuit for polar bear) is a museum in Jakobstad, Finland, specializing in arctic culture and Greenland 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.

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Main alley of Nanoq in March 2023. The houses bordering the alley are traditional shelters for Artic people from different regions (Greenland, Northern Scandinavia, Iceland...)

External links

• The Arctic Museum's homepage

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