Photo of Umiak skin boat paddled by Kingikmiut whale hunters in Cape of Prince Wales, Bering Strait (Susan R. Bernardi (Wikimedia Commons)) Similar boats made of animal skin are still being used ...
Yugu Alfred Ningeok is the son of a whaling captain and a member of an Inupiat whaling crew. An umiak, or skin boat, carries a small team in pursuit of a whale. Hear more about camping on sea ice ...
They would have been wearing warm and insulated fur clothing and would have had more Asian facial features; they paddled kayaks and used open umiak boats, all made from animal skins stretched over ...