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Thule snow goggles: 1,000-year-old Arctic eyewear carved from walrus tusks

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The goggles were crafted by the Thule people who lived in Alaska and northern Canada around 800 to 1600 .

In the Inuktitut language, the goggles are known as iggaak.

Today , most Inuit wear contemporary sunglasses with polarized lenses instead of traditional snow goggles.

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