Eskimo LifeLongmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - Broj stranica: 350 Observations of Eskimos during stay at Godthab, west Greenland, in winter of 1888-89 after crossing of Greenland ice sheet. Translation of Norwegian original Eskimoliv published in 1891. |
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... KAIAK , SEEN FROM ABOVE 37 39 40 42 43 44 KAIAK - FRAME SECTION OF THE KAIAK 44 47 PADDLE HALF - JACKET . WHOLE - JACKET 49 50 50 ESKIMO VENUS AND APOLLO . 199 ESKIMO LIFE CHAPTER I GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO GREENLAND is xvi ESKIMO LIFE.
... KAIAK , SEEN FROM ABOVE 37 39 40 42 43 44 KAIAK - FRAME SECTION OF THE KAIAK 44 47 PADDLE HALF - JACKET . WHOLE - JACKET 49 50 50 ESKIMO VENUS AND APOLLO . 199 ESKIMO LIFE CHAPTER I GREENLAND AND THE ESKIMO GREENLAND is xvi ESKIMO LIFE.
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... paddle , which is held in the middle and dipped in the water on each side in turn , like the paddles we use in canoes . It has probably been developed from the Indians ' one- bladed paddles . Among the Eskimos on the south- west 48 ESKIMO ...
... paddle , which is held in the middle and dipped in the water on each side in turn , like the paddles we use in canoes . It has probably been developed from the Indians ' one- bladed paddles . Among the Eskimos on the south- west 48 ESKIMO ...
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Fridtjof Nansen. bladed paddles . Among the Eskimos on the south- west coast of Alaska the one - bladed paddle is universal ; not until we come north of the Yukon River do we find two - bladed paddles , and even there the single blade is ...
Fridtjof Nansen. bladed paddles . Among the Eskimos on the south- west coast of Alaska the one - bladed paddle is universal ; not until we come north of the Yukon River do we find two - bladed paddles , and even there the single blade is ...
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... paddle , one can get through the water in all sorts of weather at an astonishing speed . The kaiak is beyond comparison the best boat for a single oarsman ever invented . In order to become an accomplished kaiak - man , one ought to ...
... paddle , one can get through the water in all sorts of weather at an astonishing speed . The kaiak is beyond comparison the best boat for a single oarsman ever invented . In order to become an accomplished kaiak - man , one ought to ...
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... paddle sharply out to the side , 1 and bending your body well forward towards the deck , you raise yourself by a strong cir- cular sweep of the paddle . If you do not come right up , a second stroke may be necessary . 1 While the paddle ...
... paddle sharply out to the side , 1 and bending your body well forward towards the deck , you raise yourself by a strong cir- cular sweep of the paddle . If you do not come right up , a second stroke may be necessary . 1 While the paddle ...
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