pairk-se-uk-too

Updated: May 9, 2025

It might be well to explain here that, when the wind blows, the dry snow fills the air so that it is thicker than the severest snow-storm in the temperate zone. The Inuits call this condition of affairs "pairk-se-uk-too", and one can witness it almost daily during the winter.

William H. (William Henry) Gilder - Schwatka's Search