Living in the traditional ways of their ancestors, the Eskimos at Cape Dorset in Canada's Eastern Arctic, are hunters first and foremost. When there is no wind they strike out across the snowy wilderness in search of bear and walrus, seal and whale. When the wind blows they put in the long hours turning out some of the most sought after art in the world today. Long renowned for their powerful soapstone carvings. Cape Dorset Eskimos have recently turned their attention to a new art form combining old stonecutting skills with graphic design. The new art form has produced the widely acclaimed Eskimo prints made from stone block and sealskin stencil. Their first showing in March, 1960, at galleries across Canada and the United States was an immediate success. Many dealers had their limited supply bought up by enthusiastic buyers on the first day. Prints which sold for $40 to $50 traded a few weeks later for several hundred dollars. This month "Bear and Cub in Ice" by the late, great Niviaksiak fetched the top price to date of $700. The 1961 exhibition will contain some 70 designs which will go on sale in Canada and the United States on March first. Nine of the prints are by the well-known carver turned printmaker, Kiakshuk (above), considered by many to be a native genius. His work, they predict with confidence, will one day hold its own with the finest graphic art being produced anywhere in the world. Requests for prints from last year's show came from a score of countries, including Holland, North Africa, Australia and Brazil. An exhibition in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia received critical acclaim. Plans are for the show to move on to Russia.