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 with...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Drever, H.I.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1958
Subjects:
Birds
Gwich'in language
Indians
Traditional knowledge
Inuit
Inuit languages
Social interaction
Alaska
Northern
Old Crow
Yukon
Greenland
Igdlorssuit
Kayak
Arctic
inuit
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66789
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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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