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Learn about opportunities in the North, including education, jobs, events, conferences and more

Follow blogs by other concerned circumpolar youth

Engage

Blog about issues that concern you

Share your world through pictures

Start and contribute to discussion threads

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Use our site as your social networking hub of the North

Get connected and make friends with other circumpolar youth

When you sign up, you:

Get your own profile page (see below)

which you can use as a blog ('announcements'),
upload pictures and other files to
use to send messages to other members
use as a "facebook wall"

Can create new forum discussions; contribute to existing ones

Can leave comments (to pretty much everything that is commentable - forums, pictures, blogs)

Can upload pictures to the User photos and Artwork galleries

The centre of your Ookpik universe, your profile page:

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What is Ookpik?

OOKPIK is a site for Arctic youth, with contributions from Arctic youth.

OOKPIK is your gateway to Arctic networks, knowledge, opinions and events.

OOKPIK is where you can connect with other youth across the Arctic.

What does ookpik mean?

Ookpik (sometimes spelled Ukpik) is the Inuktitut word for Snowy Owl, and was a popularized as an Inuit handicrafted toy. It was a small, souvenir owl with large head and big eyes, a beak, and small black talons. They are often made from wolf fur, sealskin and other traditional materials.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article.