Alternate Title
Encyclopedia Arctica ; 9
Encyclopedia Arctica. Transportation and Communications
Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Author/Creator
Howard A. Chapelle
Contributor/Editor
[Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, United States, Karin Fennow]
Open Access
Yes
Primary Source
No
Publisher
[Dartmouth College Library]
Publication Date
[2008]
Subjects
Location
Resource Type
E-Books -- Chapters
Format
Text -- HTML
Language