aglu

AH-gloo

A seal's breathing hole in the ice — a small, cone-shaped opening maintained through the winter by the seal's repeated visits. Hunters wait at the aglu for hours in silence, reading the faintest disturbance in the water.
Etymology
Inuktitut: aglu or aglú, breathing hole.
 ice/snow animals Inuktitut
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