The Kayakers of Igdlorssuit
... The Greenland kayak, although very manoeuvrable and efficient, is at the same time so absurdly small and frail that to chase a seal in it seems almost an impertinence. The contempt that no doubt the seal must feel on seeing a kayak usually coincides with the swift arrival of a harpoon thrown wit...
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1958
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3739 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3739/3713 |
| Summary: | ... The Greenland kayak, although very manoeuvrable and efficient, is at the same time so absurdly small and frail that to chase a seal in it seems almost an impertinence. The contempt that no doubt the seal must feel on seeing a kayak usually coincides with the swift arrival of a harpoon thrown with unerring accuracy at the base of its neck. But that is not always the end of the hunt; it is sometimes the end of the hunter. Very few families in Igdlorssuit have not lost a father, a brother or a son by drowning during a seal's last frantic fight for its life. .. |
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