This traditional Inuit poem describes the glorious sights of wildlife seen in the Arctic, including caribou flocking and migrating in herds across the tundra and plains, musk oxen gathering, and caribou returning to the forests at different times of year, all while watching fearfully for hunters. The poem focuses on celebrating the seasonal movements and gatherings of animals in the harsh Arctic environment inhabited by the Inuit people.

1. A traditional Inuit Poem

2. Clue: they live in very cold places

3. The
Inuit
People
Live in countries
in and around the
Arctic Circle.
Places like:
Greenland
Alaska

4.  Glorious it is to see
 The caribou flocking down
from the forests
 And beginning their
wanderings to the north
 Timidly they watch
 For the pitfalls of man.
 Glorious it is to see
 The great herds of the
forests
 Spreading out over plains
of white.

5.  Glorious it is to see
 Early summer’s short-
haired caribou
 Beginning to wander.
 Glorious to see them trot
 To and fro
 Across the promontories
 Seeking for a crossing place

6.  Glorious it is
 To see great musk oxen
 Gathering in their herds.
 The little dogs they watch for
 When they gather in herds.
 Glorious to see.

7.  Glorious it is
 To see the long-haired winter caribou
 Returning to the forests.
 Fearfully they watch
 For the little people,
 While the herd follows the ebb-mark of the sea
 With a storm of clattering hooves.
 Glorious it is
 When wandering time is come