“Sure, right, kayak’s the whole way ~ NOT! We are talking over 3,000 miles, and although those kayak’s are quite handy for getting out there to nail some seals they are at risk of being attacked by POLAR BEARS.”
Yes, kayaks the whole way, West to East in the summer months. They would not have travelled overland, not with dogsleds and all.
It’s far easier to transport things via sea than land, the reason for the Itaridod is because it was an inland town. Had they been on the sea, they simply would have travelled via the coast.
“The most logical trail across the North Country to Greenland goes right through the heart of where the Polar Bears live AND EAT during the warm months.”
It makes no sense to go overland. Looking at the geography, taking the passage west to east would have been much easier.
You have to remember that the Inuit past the Coppermine river would have had to fight the other native tribes along the coast, all of whom were hostile.
“The Inuit at that time, according to archaeological evidence, generally kept within 50 miles of the coast wherever they went in any case ~ their technology having its best effect in that zone.”
Yes, this is true, but also because of hostile enemies inland. They had the advantage along the coast, and would have travelled via kayak. Easier to float and hunt.
“I’m talking about this trip being taken in winter, or late Fall, overland.”
Absolutely without question it would not have happened this way. They would have travelled in the summer, from May to September, West to East, stopping when the ice blocked the channel. They would have left as soon as the ice opened up.
Sailing West to East takes longer, and at least several seasons, due to the fact that the West is the last to melt, and the east the first to freeze up.
“The conditions wouldn’t have been as rugged as other’s encountered centuries later in Antarctica, and dog teams in the hands of Eskimos would have worked quite well.”
Erm, Antarctic conditions are nowhere similar to that in the Arctic Archipelago.
Remember, there's the trip back home.
You put entirely too much faith in late Neolithic/early Ironage people spending 8 full years sweating brown bears and polar bears just to pick up some hunks of iron.