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  2. Aleutian kayak - Wikipedia

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    The baidarka or Aleutian kayak (Aleut: iqyax) is a watercraft consisting of soft skin (artificial or natural) over a flexible space frame. Without primarily vertical flex, it is not an iqyax . Its initial design was created by the Aleut people (Unangan/Unangas), the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands .

  3. Pacific Northwest canoes - Wikipedia

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    In 1937 Betty Lowman Carey became the first white woman to row single-handed the Inside Passage of British Columbia in a dugout canoe.. In 1978 Geordie Tocher and two companions sailed a 3½ ton, 40 foot (12 metre) dugout canoe (the Orenda II), made of Douglas Fir, and based on Haida designs (but with sails), from Vancouver, Canada to Hawaii to add credibility to stories that the Haida had ...

  4. Kayak - Wikipedia

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    While native people of the Arctic regions hunted rather than fished from kayaks, in recent years kayak sport fishing has become popular in both fresh and salt water, especially in warmer regions. Traditional fishing kayaks are characterized by wide beams of up to 1.1 m (42 in) that increase their lateral stability.

  5. Yup'ik - Wikipedia

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    The kayak (qayaq sg qayak dual qayat pl in Yupʼik and Cupʼik, qayar ~ qay'ar sg qay'ag dual qay'at ~ qass'it pl in Cupʼig; from qai-"surface; top") [5]) is a small narrow closed skin-covered boat and was first used by the native speakers of the Eskimo–Aleut languages.

  6. How a hot pink kayak led NC native Evy Leibfarth on a path to ...

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    From a young age, Leibfarth, a Bryson City, NC, native, was in the water, and her interest in kayaking followed quickly. How a hot pink kayak led NC native Evy Leibfarth on a path to the Paris ...

  7. Umiak - Wikipedia

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    Umiak in Barrow, Alaska. The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac, oomiak, ongiuk, or anyak [1] is a type of open skin boat, used by the Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland.

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