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**OZJames** · 03-23-2006, 02:48 PM

I read this in an article in Australian Bulletin magazine describing a visit by A.A.Gill of a recent visit to GREENLAND.

“The Greenland Eskimos never made igloos. They have the wrong sort of snow…….The lodges were a single room the size of a container that would house extended families; as many as 27 people would live together…… They spent their time in the lodges naked because of the fug”…..

I found this interest that people can be naked in such cold places. I read further on in the article that if one falls in the water, it is so cold that you die in just over two minutes –brrrrrr

Has anyone been there ? Is every one in Greenland a home nudist ? Do we have any Greenland Eskimo members of this forum ? If so please post a reply.

JAMES

**Baremore** · 03-23-2006, 03:53 PM

It has been many, many years since I read anything about the Eskimo life style, but when I did, one fact stuck. Igloos were 'heated' by body heat. When you think about it, they have to get nude or partially nude at some point just to take care of basic bodily functions and procreation. Hate to speculate on the sanitary conditions inside an igloo or lodge as OZJames describes.

**PascoDoug** · 03-23-2006, 06:17 PM

There is an excellent independant film titled "The Fast Runner" which is based on an ancient Inuit/Eskimo legend. The story accurately depicts traditional Eskimo lifestyle and culture and as a result, the movie contains a bit of incidental nudity (full frontal in one scene) as well as a couple of sexual situations (just to warn those who may be sensitive to that). The dialog is all in the native Inuit language with subtitles and it is filmed in a pseudo-documentary style.

If you want to check it out, it can be rented through NetFlix. Not sure who else carries it.

http://atanarjuat.com/

**Jason Lee** · 03-23-2006, 08:38 PM

Atanarjuat Trailer http://atanarjuat.com/media_centre/trailer.html# (Quicktime)

**Rabid_Clam** · 03-24-2006, 02:49 AM

Long ago I read of Eskimo home habits. The igloo is in fact heated by body heat but doesn't get very warm yet is fine for them. Guess they are acclimated to the cold. The man of the igloo may "share" his wife with a guest and that is an honor. All activity is in full view of every one present. Just part of their culture and they find nothing wrong with that.

I guess if everyone agrees then in fact there is nothing wrong with that. After all, there are many things we do normally that they would find objectionable and who is to say what is correct and not?

Public nudity up there is natural and a way of life but always in the igloo or other structures they build. (I forget the name those are called). Is good there is such cold temps up there where I dont beleive they bathe or shower, the body odor must be outrageous but the chill air may temper that some.

**Hyena** · 03-24-2006, 01:59 PM

Greenland is quite a modern country. Housing, plumbing ,health and food is to the same standard as Denmark. When I lived on Baffin Island, I took the two-hour First Air flight from Iqaluit to Nuuk, the capital. It was very clean and modern. The outlying communities, through government subsidy, have most modern conveniences.

Greenland is warmer than Baffin Island, but it is still a fairly cold place. There is the odd hot spring for the intrepid skinny-dipper, but you need warm clothing for the most part.
Like most places in Scandinavia, folks don't seem to have the hang-ups about clothing and nudity that we have in North America.

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