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A qamutiik (Inuktitut: ᖃᒧᑏᒃ; [1] alternate spellings qamutik (single sledge runner), komatik, Greenlandic: qamutit [2]) is a traditional Inuit sled designed to travel on snow and ice. It is built using traditional Inuit design techniques and is still used in the 21st century for travel in Arctic regions.
Mukluks [1] or kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ [2]) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ kamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦ kamiit) are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Indigenous Arctic peoples, including Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik. [3] Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner and under a protective overshoe.
The words Inuktitut, or more correctly Inuktut ('Inuit language') are increasingly used to refer to both Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut together, or "Inuit languages" in English. [ 12 ] Nunavut is the home of some 24,000 Inuit, over 80% of whom speak Inuktitut.
The open umiak is significantly larger than the enclosed kayak, which was built to carry one or two men while hunting. Normally 9 or 10 m (30 or 33 ft), the umiak could be anywhere from 6 to 10 m (20 to 33 ft) long and 1.5 to 2 m (5 to 7 ft) wide.
Baker Lake (Inuktitut syllabics: ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ 'big lake joined by a river at both ends', Inuktitut: Qamani'tuaq 'where the river widens') is a hamlet in the Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut on mainland Canada. Located on the shore of the namesake Baker Lake, it is notable for being Nunavut's sole inland community.
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 .
Pedal driven kayaks have grown in popularity since their debut in 1997. Pedal driven kayaks utilize either a propeller or fin system driven by the paddlers legs, comparable to a bicycle. These kayaks enable fishermen to bypass paddling in order to keep their hands on fishing rods, allowing for more frequent casting and retrieval. [6]
Sharing of Igunaq among Inuit families.. Igunaq (Inuktitut: ᐃᒍᓇᖅ) ), [1] also Kopalhen (Chukot: копалгын, romanized: kopalgyn, IPA [kopaɬɣən]) is an Early Paleo-Eskimo, autolysis-based method of preparing and preserving meat, particularly walrus and other marine mammals, caribou and birds, as part of the Inuit cuisine, Chukchi cuisine, Yamal cuisine, and the Evenki diets.