Aleutian kayak - Wikipedia
WEBThe baidarka or Aleutian kayak (Aleut: iqyax) is a watercraft consisting of soft skin (artificial or natural) over a flexible space frame. Without primarily vertical flex, it is not an iqyax. Its initial design was created by the Aleut people (Unangan/Unangas), the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.
An Aleut Baidarka - Small Boats Magazine
WEBAn Aleut Baidarka. From Issue February 2020. I built my first kayak in 1978. It was my own design, a mongrel of elements I’d seen in the classic documentary book, Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America, by Edwin Tappan Adney and Howard Chapelle. It had a stern profile from Alaska’s King Island, a midsection from Canada’s Southampton ...
Building the Aleutian Baidarka - North House
WEBNov 7, 2019 · Baidarkas were traditionally built with a large number of very skinny bent frames lashed with sinew to longitudinal members. In the 1970s George Dyson sparked a baidarka renaissance by cutting frames out of recycled metal road signs and using electrical conduit as longitudinals.
Baidarka - Guillemot Kayaks
WEBBaidarka. The word "baidarka" is actually a Russian word. It is the diminutive form of "baidar" which means "boat" so "baidarka" means "small boat". In modern use in the United States, it has come to mean a skin on frame kayak …
Aleut Baidarka (Kayak) - Alaska Natives
WEBThe Baidarka or Aleut kayak was the watercraft created by the native Aleut (Unangan) people of the Aleutian Islands. Two types were created, one with a covered deck that was used as a hunting kayak, and another that was open and capable of carrying goods and people from one island to another.
Baidarka - International Small Craft Center
WEBDouble-hole Kayak ( Baidarka ), circa 1929. King Island, Alaska. Gift of the Old Town Canoe Company. For thousands of years, the kayak was the only form of transportation in its native coastal environment.
Building an Aleut Kayak — Backpacking Technology
WEBOct 29, 2018 · The traditional Aleut kayak is called a Baidarka, and has a distinctive shape, optimized for pursuing and overtaking seals in the rough seas of the Aleutians. In particular the baidarka has a forked or bifurcated bow, made of several pieces lashed together. which gives it various advantages for speed, use of materials, and maintenance.
The Aleutian Kayak - Scientific American
WEBApr 1, 2000 · The Aleuts built the baidarka to suit their life as hunters on the open ocean. The sophisticated design of this kayak is still not entirely understood. By George B. Dyson. April 2000 Issue.
The Aleut Kayak: How Aleut Technology Shaped History
WEBIf Russian and American imperialism in the north Pacific was the lever that turned the wheel of circumpolar history then the Aleut kayak, or “baidarka,” was the fulcrum.
Aleutian kayak - Wikiwand
WEBThe baidarka or Aleutian kayak is a watercraft consisting of soft skin over a rigid space frame. Its initial design was created by the native Aleut people of the Aleutian Islands. The Aleut people were surrounded by treacherous waters and required water transportation and a hunting vessel.
- Some results have been removed