Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The English word kuspuk adapted from the Yup'ik word qaspeq (a lightweight parka cover or overshirt worn by both Yup'ik and Iñupiaq women and men). Also, the word mukluk (Yu’pik/Inuit boot, a soft knee-high boot of seal or caribou skin) which is derived from the Yup'ik word maklak meaning bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus).
Sealskin is the skin of a seal. Seal skins have been used by the peoples of North America and northern Eurasia for millennia to make waterproof jackets and boots, and seal fur to make fur coats. Sailors used to have tobacco pouches made from sealskin. Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and Namibia all export sealskin.
The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Harbor seal;
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Tupiq. The tupiq[1] (dual: tupiik,[2] plural: tupiit, [3] Inuktitut syllabics: ᑐᐱᖅ[4]) is a traditional Inuit tent made from seal [5] or caribou [6] skin. An Inuk was required to kill five to ten ugjuk[1][7] (bearded seals) to make a sealskin tent. When a man went hunting he would bring a small tent made out of five ugjuit.
Related: Baby Seal Playing With Remote Control Toy Boat Is So Precious Meanwhile, the sweet Canadian seal pup has no idea what happened! She's been so focused on her own growth and recovery that ...
Marine Mammal Stranding Center hotline. The MMSC urges everyone to save their hotline in their phones − the number is 609-266-0538, in order to call if you spot a seal or other creature in distress.