Which of the following best explains why the Inuit principally relied on hunting for survival?

The Inuit lived in Arctic tundra regions, where cold temperatures and a very short growing season make farming crops impractical. Hunting provided food from animals adapted to the region, so “Tundra never thaws sufficiently for crops to grow” is the best explanation. Living near the coast could shape which animals they hunted, but it does not explain the lack of crop farming as directly.

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