The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac, oomiak, ongiuk, or anyak is a type of open skin boat, used by both Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found...
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Umiak I is a purpose-built ice-strengthened bulk carrier constructed for the Voisey's Bay Nickel Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vale, to transport...
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Bay in 2005 in order to access the nickel deposit. The bulk carrier ship Umiak I was commissioned in May 2006 to transport ore from the mine. In July 2015...
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Commonly seen paddlecrafts include: Canoe, Outrigger canoe, Hasamibako bune, Umiak, Waka, Pirogue, Shikara, Dragon boat, and Dugout Kayak, Sea kayak, Flyak...
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Trawler (naval) Trawler (recreational) Trow Tugboat Top of page U-boat Umiak Top of page Vaporetto Very Slender Vessel Vlet Top of page Waka Wakeboard...
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Encyclopedia.com. Accessed September 2010. Aĭnana, L., and Richard L. Bland. Umiak the traditional skin boat of the coast dwellers of the Chukchi Peninsula :...
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the Dorset Tradition in the Eastern Arctic and introduced both kayaks and umiaks, or skin covered boats, into the archaeological record as well as developed...
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expedition as a paraplegic). Accompanying the Californians was a film crew in a umiak, a walrus-skin boat traditional to the region; they were filming the 1991...
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brigade Outrigger canoe Pacific Northwest Rabaska Sturgeon-nosed canoe Taimen Umiak Waka War canoe Swan boat Techniques Canoe paddle strokes Eskimo Rescue Kayak...
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northwest of Noatak. Umiak Bend, along the river and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Kivalina, was named after an Inuit skin boat (umiak) was destroyed there...
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