Snowy Cemeteries of the North

Igloolik cemetery, Nunavut. Photo by elisapee on Flickr

Point Hope cemetery with whale jawbone and ribs in Alaska. Photo by David Ducoin on Flickr

The graveyard in Repulse Bay is interesting in that interment is done by piling rocks over the dead rather than by digging a hole in the ground. The lack of soil makes digging impractical. The markers are all small wooden crosses placed very close together.  Photo by Yvon from Ottawa on Flickr

Snow covered grave in a cemetery in Puvirnituq, Nunavik. Photo by .oO chris Oo. on Flickr

Pangnirtung cemetery, Nunavut. Photo credit: Fabrice Desormeaux - LINK

Graves of the North West Mounted Police lost patrol, Northwest Territories - LINK

Owls perched on graves in Barrow, Alaska. Photo by mariodavalos.com on Flickr

Wind blown snow nearly covers the grave of an Inuit baby in the cemetery in Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. Photo credit: Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography - LINK

Inupiat cemetery with Bowhead jawbones, Kaktovik, 2001. Photo credit:  Subhankar Banerjee - LINK

Wind blown snow around the mostly Catholic graves in the cemetery in Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. Photo credit: Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography - LINK

Grave in a downtown anchorage cemetery - LINK

Silk flowers and other pretty things covered in snow on a grave in Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. Photo credit: Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography - LINK

Graveyard outside Cambridge Bay, Nunavut - LINK