Re: [Paddlewise] Teaching Greenland Inuit to Paddle

Here is some helpful links to answer that question.....

http://www.cdkayak.com/history.htm

http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/faq/toc.html

http://www.the-kayak-store.com/tkswph2a.htm

http://www.phcompany.co.uk/choose.htm

http://www.viewit.com/WesternFoldingKayak/

In florida..
very interesting things to consider, you think you got it bad?

http://www.jacksonville.net/~dldecker/fska5.htm

a Screen saver..

http://www.rapidshooters.com/ind6.html

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R.J. Baynum


DANJW_at_aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/19/99 11:51:18 AM Central Daylight Time,
> magpi_at_transport.com writes:
> 
> The Inuit inhabit an area spanning almost 5,150 k. They have a wider
> geographical range than any other aboriginal people, and are the most
> sparsely distributed people on earth. There are 8 main separate groups of
> Inuit:
> 
> Greenland Inuit, on the eastern and western coasts of southern Greenland
> Labrador Inuit, occupying the coast from a point opposite Newfoundland to
> Hudson Bay, with a few settlements on southern Baffin Island
> Central Inuit, in far northern Greenland, Baffin Island and western Hudson
> Bay
> Banks Island Inuit, on Banks Island, Victoria Island and other large islands
> off the central Arctic coast
> Western Arctic Inuit or Innuvialuit, along the western Arctic coast of
> Canada
> Alaskan Inuit and Alaskan Yuit, occupying parts of Arctic Alaska
> Siberian Yuit.
> << paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >>
> 
>     This brings to mind a question re: the history of the kayak. I recall
> reading that, given the fact that the kayak was developed in both the North
> Atlantic and the North Pacific areas, it was considered remarkable that the
> design was so similar. Could there have been communication spanning such a
> wide area, or did the designs, as we have evidence of them today evolve and
> merge as a result of ceturies of drifting?
> Any guesses as to how long the kayak in some form has been around?
> 
> Curious Dan
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