CECILIA CLARK P HOTOGRAPHY

Savissivik About 10,000 years ago a portion of a 100 tonne (220,500 pound) iron-rich meteorite (estimated weight before it exploded) landed on Meteorite Island. The meteor is known as the Cape York Meteorite; pieces of the meteorite are housed at many museums including the American Museum of Natural History. The Inuit discovered the metal and began breaking off pieces using hammerstones, then shaping the fragments into blades, harpoon tips, and other tools by grinding and po