Who are the Inuit/Eskimos? World's Most Extreme Survivors

Who are the Inuit or Eskimo people? The Arctic is one of the world's most inhospitable regions, yet despite this, a lonely group of explorers have made this land their home.

In today's video, we're going to be discussing the origins of the Inuit, Aleut and Yupik peoples, all of whom could be considered "Eskimos" in the common vernacular, but where did they come from and why? Listen up to explore the fascinating tale of how a small group of hunters managed to conquer one of our planet's most trecharous regions. Thanks for watching!

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[YasukeKomiya]

Filipinos went to Alaska for work. Why they chose Alaska over Hawaii or California is beyond me. As a Filipino-American in San Diego, I can't fathom living in a place with such a radically different climate. Hats off to my brothers and sisters up there.

[Jobe-]

The real Northern Water Tribe. It’d be cool if a Southern Tribe existed in Antarctica too.

[jovanweismiller]

I have an Inuit friend from Iqaluit, Nunavut. He stands over 6' tall. One day, I jokingly said that as tall as he was, there was probably a Viking in the woodpile. He laughed and said, probably, that his mother's people came from Thule.

[tblue]

The water tribes in Avatar are based off Inuits.

[ironwolf]

Great people's. I've always enjoyed learning more about them.

[Torus]

I think the the Arctic is incredible; as a Canadian I feel very lucky to have such a place in our country, and I'm proud to have such a people as the Inuit as my fellow citizens.

[deloachapproach]

I was born and raised in South Georgia, USA - thousands of miles from the Inuit. Yet, upon taking a DNA test to determine my ancestry, I found my mitochondrial DNA was traced back to a woman living on the land bridge between Russia and Alaska during the last Ice Age. She lived 13, 500 years ago. Those having this particular mitochondrial haplogroup were, and are - predominately Inuit. Blew me away.

[kookamunga]

They used to kiss with their noses, sing with their throats and have a dozens of different words for snow . They are friendly and not war like.

[raccoonresident]

The Inuit don't wear coats every day of the year. They swim during summer just as we do. They tolerate the cold better as. They are climatized.

[valeriexvegan]

hey, i’m half-Inuk! father’s family is originally from Greenland. so cool to see you talking about us.

[PhilUpOnThis]

3:16 "Imagine having to trek past thousands of miles of snow, ice, rock, and freezing oceans, only to make your home of snow, ice, rock, and freezing oceans." I loled at this 😂 Truly a fascinating group of people showing the testament of human resilience.

[niamtxiv]

I miss Alaska. So good to see many natives there.

[ianhurley]

I've always found them fascinating since they've developed a way of living to such an extreme environment.

[The_alchemistress]

The Arctic has always been a region I wanted to visit for a long time and hopefully I’ll make it one day. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦🇫🇮🇬🇱🇮🇸🇳🇴🇷🇺🇸🇪

[nunaninja]

I’m Inuit from Iqaluit, Nunavut. A lot of the info in this video is inaccurate, but overall educative. Thanks for the effort you put in though!

[raynesato]

My biological mother was Inuit and a little bit danish. My father was German French English Scottish and a bit of Welsh. I was born in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. So I’m a pretty unique looking person being about half Inuit :) I’m 25 now and 5 foot 9 inches tall and never been more than 133 pounds in my life. I have an extremely fast metabolism and a very lean body. I love my lineage ❤️ Quaana means thank you :)

[edgelord]

Inuits aka life on difficult more
Man these guys are mad lads.
You know just surviving on in the arctic.

[georgesgauthier]

I'm sure others have commented, but North American Inuit (Or Alaskan natives as they are called in the US) find the term Eskimo offensive. It is actually a native american (Algonquin) word not a colonial pejorative. However, Eskimo is the scientific word used by linguists to describe the larger people who inhabit the north and share a common language (This excludes the Sami of Lapland). Although often ignored by the Inuit, the Yupik people of Siberia share a common linguistic root and that larger people, made up of two distinct cultures (Inuit and Yupik) are Eskimos.

[vegitoblue]

Thanks to you Masaman, when WW3 and nuclear winter happens, we all know who will be the last humans left.

[phillips]

Really appreciate you uploading all this stuff considering how taboo race and ethnicity have become for us to talk about. Thanks for your hard work 👍