How Do You Make Eskimo Snow Goggles?
Eskimo snow goggles, also sometimes referred to as Inuit snow goggles or Yupik snow goggles, are an important part of wilderness survival in the far north. Snow blindness from reflecting sunlight can be extremely painful, as well as debilitating. Eskimo tribes in northern Canada and Alaska have known for years how to counter this to avoid this potentially fatal injury (because of the extreme cold of the north) and avoid blindness. Eskimo snow goggles are often used in wilderness survival in arctic environments because they are easy to make and effective. Step 1 Find a piece of birch bark, preferably six to eight inches long and four to six inches wide. This helps make sure that the bark is large enough to cover to your eyes and that the goggles will be large enough to wrap around your head fairly naturally. Step 2 Cut the bark into a rectangle shape, keeping it roughly the same size as recommended in Step 1. Step 3 Measure the distance between the centers of your eyes. This doesn’t hav
