Archaeology in the Arctic has a charm of its own. The surroundings are unusual : the scenery is magnificent, with high, snow-clad mountains and deep fiords ; the sea is filled with icebergs or drift ice—the sun shines day and night ; seals, whales caribou, bears, sea fowl and fish are abundant; and the peo le are the small dark-haired, brown-skinned, broad-faced Eskimos, the kindest and most helpful people in the whole world.