Eskimos started using sunglasses more than a thousand years ago! Incredibly, but it’s a fact. We have already written recently that Inuit (Eskimos) invented some items that are now used by all of humanity. As for example, a waterproof fabric, an anorak jacket and a kayak boat. But there is something even more incredible! Everyone knows that on a sunny day, the bright sun makes your eyes blind. To hunt in bright, blinding light is simply impossible. Most of us use sunglasses in the south and we perceive them exclusively as an accessory for hot countries. But that's because only few of us have been to the north. And we can't even imagine how the sunlight intensifies after reflecting off the white snow. Long before us, Eskimos, according to one version, invented the first sunglasses. Of course, they did not have darkened glass… But they carved it out of bone or wood the likeness of modern glasses with thin slits for the eyes, capable of softening and limiting excessive light. Such glasses were necessary in the harsh northern latitudes beyond the Arctic Circle, where intense sunlight reflected from snow and ice often causes a temporary condition called "snow blindness." The oldest sunglasses made of whalebone were discovered on the Canadian island of Baffin, they date back to the XII century. But some sources claim that the Eskimos had sunglasses 4,000 years ago! Many of these glasses have been preserved to this day in museums in Canada and Alaska, Far East and North of Russia. Amundsen, the renowned explorer of the north, wrote about this and other amazing inventions of the Eskimos. He openly said that he had learned a lot from the Eskimos. From building snow huts to cutting clothes and riding dogs. https://m.uh.app/news/4a9cc4f0-cdfe-11ef-9557-bbeb094fa96e
Post: 20 January 23:14
