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Inuktitut syllabics are brilliant. A writing system that's not an alphabet, but something really clever: an abugida, one designed from scratch for a language very unlike anything European. [Pull down the description!]
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I'm here because of Chris Hadfield's Generator Arctic - go check out everyone else who was on the trip, and have a look at tickets for their show at Massey Hall, Toronto, on November 12th! generatorevent.com
Thanks to Kataisee Attagutsiak (ᑲᑕᐃᓯ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᓯᐊᖅ) for proofreading this script! She helped put Inuktitut into Unicode, so she's something of a language hero.
The fellow travellers at the end are Norm and Joey from Tested, who'll put together videos from inside the ship! / testedcom
Also on the voyage:
Ben Brown - / benbrown100 - who's been putting out daily vlogs of his experiences!
TimToTheWild, who's putting together beautiful footage: / timtothewild
Elmo Keep is writing about the people we met:
/ elmo_keep
PLUS: These folks took incredible photos:
Vivienne Gucwa: / travelinglens
Paul Colangelo: / paulcolangelo
Simone Bramante: / brahmino
AND: writing an album on board, singer-songwriter Danny Michel: / dannymichel
I'm at www.tomscott.com/
on Twitter at / tomscott
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and on Snapchat and Instagram as @tomscottgo