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The best wines in the world seem to come from temperate, warm places like France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South America and California. It sometimes comes as a surprise to people, then, that Canada—often associated with cold, harsh weather patterns—has a booming wine industry that has been producing world-class vintages for decades. Canadian wine has garnered the country international recognition as a producer of fine, award-winning vino.
A simple figurine, carved from soapstone, stands no taller than 45 cm (18 in). It depicts a lone Arctic hunter shouldering a dead seal—provisions in a harsh, frozen land. With its childlike appearance and smooth polished surface, this little sculpture appears somewhat naïve in craft and yet it's a venerable thing, full of wisdom and lore.
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