Talk:Etah, Greenland

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Significance

Strange how this place is abandoned, yet it's a prominent "town" on my globe. -Rolypolyman (talk) 02:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well in the middle of nothing, a temporarily (summer) inhabited village is an important feature from the human point of view.--Ratzer (talk) 21:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's place on the globe is well-deserved and of interest due to the historical importance of Etah. Not only was it often used as a launching point for polar expeditions, but it was the location in Greenland that the Canadian Eskimos arrived at during the most recent migration. Interesting too is that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police built a post at Alexandra Fiord on Ellesmere Island in response to hunters coming across the water from Etah on illegal hunting expeditions. So the location of Etah might not be so important to a casual glance of a globe today, but those with a serious interest in the history of the Arctic or in the anthropology of the Eskimos might find your globe helpful.