Regions
Kalaallit are considered to be descended from Dorset and Thule people, who settled Greenland in ancient times. As 84% of Greenland's land mass is covered by the Greenland ice sheet, Kalaallit live in three regions: Polar, Eastern, and Western. In the 1850s the Canadian Inuit joined the Polar Inuit communities.
The Eastern Inuit, or Tunumiit, live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called Ammassalik. Hunters can hunt marine mammals from kayaks throughout the year.
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“Within the regions of the air,
Compassed about with heavens fair,
Great tracts of land there may be found
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Where many numerous hosts
In those far distant coasts,
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—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
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—Oswald Spengler (1880–1936)
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