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Definition of Kaiaks
1. kaiak [n] - See also: kaiak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaiaks
Literary usage of Kaiaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition by John Murdoch (1892)
"... men of the parties which go east in the summer travel in their kaiaks after
reaching the open water "to make room in the large boat for the oil-skins. ..."
2. Report of the Sixth International Geographical Congress: Held in London, 1895 (1896)
"Peary, in 1891, found a number of kaiaks at the different settlements, ...
These northern kaiaks have a uniform length of 18 feet, and are quite broad in ..."
3. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, David Starr Jordan, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, (1898)
"The beluga is hunted by numerous parties in kaiaks. Sometimes a hundred or more
of the natives proceed to sea on a calm summer day, observing perfect ..."
4. Eskimo Life by Fridtjof Nansen (1894)
"I should note, however, that the kaiaks in Godthaab fiords—as, for example, ...
The shorter and broader kaiaks are better sea-boats, and ship less water. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"From the time of Ross abundance of material for the structure was at hand, the
environment was there begging for kaiaks, but the culture-hero had to come ..."
6. Proceedings by International Geographical Union (1896)
"Yet this ignorance of the use or inability to construct kaiaks is remarked by
... Peary, in 1891, found a number of kaiaks at the different settlements, ..."
7. Professor Sonntag's Thrilling Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition by August Sonntag (1857)
"... a great part of their time in their boats or kaiaks, in which their upper
limbs are exercise^ by rowing, while their legs remain perfectly inactive. ..."
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