Your first photos show a beautiful place untouched by the careless hand of man. For sure it would be harsh conditions to live there for one unaccustomed to the extreme cold.

Does the stone pyramids mean something? I wondered about the significant of this whole group of them. In far northern Canada, the stacked stones used by the Inuit people are called inukshuks (i-nook-shook) and traditional used as directional markers in the vast landscape. They may also mark sacred places or for a hunting ground.