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Inuit snow goggles from Alaska. Made from carved wood, 1880-1890 (top) and Caribou antler 1000-1800 (bottom) (Wikimedia Commons/Jaredzimmerman (WMF)) Springtime in the Arctic is beautiful. The sun ...

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((National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (8304). Photo by NMAI Photo Services)) Inuit snow goggles from Alaska. Made from carved wood, 1880-1890 (top) and Caribou antler ...