A qamutiik (Inuktitut: แแงแแ; alternate spellings qamutik (single sledge runner), komatik, Greenlandic: qamutit) is a traditional Inuit sled designed to...
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power. The word "motor sled" is colloquial term for a snowmobile The Inuit qamutiik is uniquely adapted for travel on the sea ice. The pulk (or ahkio) is a...
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Victoria Island was inhabited by the Thule culture, with five prehistoric qamutiik (sleds) belonging to the Neoeskimo culture being found on the Wollaston...
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umiak or umiaq for transporting people, goods, and dogs; and, on land, qamutiik (dog sled) pulled by the Canadian Eskimo Dogs or huskies, known in Inuit...
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own kayaks and umiaks when the water freed up; in the winter, they used qamutiiks. The settlement that would become Aasiaat was founded in 1759 by Niels...
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Okarian equipped with tracks, and two snowmobiles, each vehicle towing a qamutiik sled loaded with equipment and supplies. The NWPDX-2011 expedition consisted...
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Woodman's team employed a search strategy including a magnetometer on a qamutiik, drawn by a ski-doo, with the hope of detecting the metallic former railway...
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school also aims to arrange a number of day-long land trips by Ski-Doo and qamutiik towards the end of May each year. These are built into the curriculum for...
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