This is a very old snow knife. It is made of whale bone. It was used to carve blocks of snow for the building of an igloo. It is on display in the dining room of the South Camp Inn in Resolute Bay. I had spent several days in Resolute last week. The dark season has set in. The people will not see the sun again until mid February. There were many polar bears just outside of Resolute. The bears were feasting on a whale carcass that lay on the beach. The ice still hasn't formed yet. It is late again this year. The bears tend to hang around the beach waiting for the ice. If they cannot get to the seals at the floe edge then it is feared that they may start to wander into town. Climate change is having a profound effect upon the polar bears.