Inuit snow goggles, also known as “Iggaak” or “Ivigarlik,” are traditional eyewear used by the indigenous Inuit people of the Arctic regions, including Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Siberia. These goggles are ingeniously designed to protect the eyes from snow blindness, a condition caused by the intense glare of sunlight reflecting off snow and ice. The construction of Inuit snow goggles typically involves a narrow horizontal slit or groove carved into a single piece of bone, wood, or other translucent material, such as walrus ivory or caribou antler.
Snow goggles
