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Annotated Bibliography of Arctic Kayaks

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Kayak Bibliography                                                                   David W. Zimmerly

 

 


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  Nansen, Fridtjof

       1893        ESKIMO LIFE.  Translated by William Archer from "Eskimoliv".  London:  

                      Longmans. Green and Co.

                      Very detailed chapters on the Greenland Kayak and its use, pp. 30-77.

  Nelson, Edward W.

       1899        THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT.  Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau

                      of American Ethnology, 1896-1897.  Washington: Government Printing Office. 

                      Major work on Alaskan Eskimos as far south as Nunivak Island.  Boats, pp. 216-222.Boat

                      hooks, pp. 222-223.  Paddles, pp. 223-226.P. 346 illustrates an ivory kayak model said to

                      be from St. Lawrence Island.

  Nelson, Richard K.

       1966        ALASKAN ESKIMO EXPLOITATION OF THE SUMMER SEA ICE ENVIRONMENT. 

                      Unpublished 1966 study for Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory, Fort Wainwright,

                      Alaska. mimeo. 

                      Notes on kayak and imiahalurak used to retrieve seals shot in water, pp. 239-241.

       1969        HUNTERS OF THE NORTHERN ICE.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 

                      Much kayak material on North Alaska, pp. 23, 221-222, 260-261, 287-290, 306-309.

  Nickerson, E.B.

       1967        KAYAKS TO THE ARCTIC.  Berkeley: Howell-North Books. 

                      Adventure story of a family trip down the Mackenzie River in Klepper kayaks.

  Nooter, Gert

       1971        OLD KAYAKS IN THE NETHERLANDS.  Mededellingen van het Rijksmuseum

                      voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, No. 17.  Leiden: E.J. Brill. 

                      Discusses the Finnmen literature and posits a theory of how Greenland kayaks came to

                      Holland as early as the 1600s.Detailed descriptions and photos of 18 Greenland kayaks.

  Nordenskiold, A.E.

       1881        THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA ROUND ASIA AND EUROPE.  In two volumes. 

                      London: Macmillan and Co. 

                      Volume II: flat-bottom skin boat, pp. 66-67.  Drawing of oar, p. 93.  Umiak, pp. 93-94.  Kayak

                       (Chukchi)

  Nykvist, Gunnar

       1961        ROUND THE WORLD BY PRIMITIVE CRAFT.  Ethnos 26(1-2):86-106. 

                      Photos and measurements of three Greenland and one King Island type kayaks.

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Ogden, Adele

       1933        RUSSIAN SEA-OTTER AND SEAL HUNTING ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST

                      1803-1841.  California Historical Society, Special Publications, No. 7:29-51. 

                      Information on Aleut and Koniag hunters employed to hunt sea-otters.Gives numbers of

                      hunters and bidarkas.

       1941        THE CALIFORNIA SEA OTTER TRADE: 1784-1848.  Vol. 26, University of

                      California Publications in History.Berkeley: University of California Press. 

                      Notes on Aleut and Pacific Eskimo Sea Otter Hunting from kayaks and good section on the

                      habits of the sea otter.

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  Parry, William E.

       1824        JOURNAL OF A SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTH-WEST

                      PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC.  London: John Murray  

                      Drawing by Capt. Lyon of Savage Islands (Hudson Strait) kayak.

  Petersen, H. C.

          1986          SKINBOATS OF GREENLAND.  Ships and Boats of the North – Volume 1.
                            
Roskilde : The National Museum of Denmark, The Museum of Greenland &
                             The
Viking Ship Museum

                      Pt. 1: Greenland kayak, Chap. 1 – Construction of the kayak, Chap. 2 – The shape of the kayak
                             and its development, Chap. 3 – Kayak gear and fittings.  Pt. 2: The umiak, Chap. 1 – Structure
                             of the umiak, Chap. 2 – Umiak gear, Chap. 3 – Types of umiaks, Chap. 4 – The umiak in use.

Petroff, Ivan

       1884        REPORT ON THE POPULATION, INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES OF ALASKA.

                       In Tenth Census of the U.S.Washington: Government Printing Office. 

                      Aleut boats, pp. 15, 20-22, 52, 124, 127-130, 147, 154-155.  Koniag boats, pp. 24,

                      136-139, 141-144.  Oughalakhmute boats, p. 125.  Kuskokwim boats, p. 134.  Togiagamute

                      boats, p. 135.

  Plischke, Hans

       1921        ESKIMOS DRIVEN OFF COURSE TO HOLLAND, FROM THE YEAR 1577. 

                      (Original: Eine Verschlagung von Eskimo nach Holland aus dem Jahre 1577. 

                      Petermanns Geogr. Mitteilungen 67:125).  Unpublished English translation (5

                      typescript pages), Library, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa. 

                      The author tries to make a case for Eskimos in kayaks drifting to Europe in 60 B.C. and

                      1160 and 1508 A.D.

  Porsild Morten P.

       1915        STUDIES ON THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE ESKIMO IN WEST

                      GREENLAND.  Arbejder Fra Den Danske Arktiske Station Paa Disco. Nr.

                      7.Saertryk Af Meddelelser Om Gronland. 51. Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos

                      Bogtrykkeri. 

                      Kayak form, pp. 121-122.Kayak shooting screen, rudder, rifle bag, towing implements and

                      drags, pp. 181-190.

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Quirke, Terence T.

       1952        CANOES THE WORLD OVER.  Urbana: The University of Illinois Press. 

                      Kayaks, pp. 65-72.A summary chapter that is extremely sketchy, full of errors and without

                      documentation of references.  Interesting discussion of Chilean inflated sealskin

                      watercraft paddled with double paddle, pp. 79-80.

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Rae, John

       1850        NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC SEA IN

                      1846 AND 1847  London: T. & W. Boone.  

                      Kayak dimensions, pp. 94-95.  Four kayaks lashed together to hunt walrus, p. 174.  Unable

                       to right capsized kayak in Iglulik area, but implies that it can be done in Hudson's Straits,

                      pp. 94-95.

  Rasmussen, Knud

       1931        THE NETSILIK ESKIMOS.  Social Life and Spiritual Culture.  Report of the Fifth

                      Thule Expedition 1921-24, Volume 8(1-2).  Copenhagen: Gyldendalske

                      Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag. 

                      Kayak for caribou hunting, pp. 171-173.Kayak speed necessary to be first to get to

                      caribou, p. 172.  Kayaks as ferries, pp. 175-176.Terms given for two kayak tied together,

                      p. 175.Famous kayakers, pp. 176-178.

  Rasmussen, Knud and W. Worster

       1921        ESKIMO FOLK-TALES.  London: Gyldendal. 

                      Some stories of kayak use including photo (drawing) of a dangerous troll in a half kayak

                      plus a hunter in a kayak, facing p. 34.

  Ray, Dorothy Jean

       1966        THE ESKIMO OF ST. MICHAEL AND VICINITY AS RELATED BY H.M.W.

                      EDMONDS.  Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 13(2):1-143. 

                      Kayaks, pp. 7, 76-80, 39-40, 48, 55-60, 61, 71, 110.  Photo of Norton Sound model kayak

                      on p. 129.

  Reid, R.W.

       1912        DESCRIPTION OF KAYAK PRESERVED IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM

                       OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.  Journal of the Royal Anthropological

                      Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (42):511-514. 

                      Detailed description and measurements of a Greenland kayak and all its accessories.

       1912        ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM, University

                       of Aberdeen  Aberdeen: The University Press.  

                      Full-size Greenland kayak on p. 51, 52.  Another, probably Eastern Canadian Arctic, on p.

                      258.  Model of Eastern Canadian Arctic kayak, p. 258.  Three models, one illustrated is

                      Pacific Eskimo 3-holed type, p. 258.

  Renouf, E.

       1929        ESKIMO KAYAKS.  The Beaver.Outfit 260, 1:209. 

                      Short one-page article with photo of east arctic kayak.

  Rink, Hinrich J.

       1887        THE MIGRATIONS OF THE ESKIMO INDICATED BY THEIR PROGRESS IN

                      COMPLETING THE KAYAK IMPLEMENTS.  Journal of the Royal Anthropological

                      Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (17):68-74. 

                      Includes comments by John Rae, H.W. Seton-Karr, Erasmus Ommanney and Leopold

                      McClintock.

       1891        THE ESKIMO TRIBES.  Their Distribution and Characteristics, Especially in

                      Regard to Language.  With a Comparative Vocubulary.  Supplementary part to

                      Volume 11 of Meddelser om Gronland.  Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel. 

                      Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel.  

                      Contains kayak parts and accessories terms for groups from Siberia to Greenland,

                      pp.9-16, 70-74.

                      http://www.canadiana.org/cgi-bin/ECO/mtq?id=dc8eee32a8&doc=93980

  Rink, Signe

       1896        KAJAKMAEND:Fortaellinger af Gronlandske Saelhundefangere.  (Kayak

                      Men:Tales by Greenland Seal Hunters).  Kristiania: H. Aschehoug and Co.

                      Odense, Milo'ske Boghandels Forlag. 

                      Pp.1-112.Book is in Danish. Has some photos of kayaks.

  Robert-Lamblin, Joelle

       1980        THE ALEUT KAYAK - AS SEEN BY ITS BUILDER AND USER - AND THE SEA

                      OTTER HUNT.  (Original: Le kayak aleoute vu par son constructeur et utilisateur

                      et la chasse a la loutre de mer.  Tome 20, Fascicule 1, Objets et Mondes. 

                      Dieppe: Musee de l'homme, Mus. Nat. d'Histoire Naturell). Unpublished English

                      translation (20 typescript pages), Library, Canadian Museum of Civilization,

                      Ottawa. 

Solid ethnographic data on Aleut kayak use based on recent interviews in the Aleutian
Islands.

 [PDF: For printing Full-Text (148kb),  Full text and figures (HTML-93kb)]

 

  Roop, Wendell P.

       1937        MISCELLANEOUS FILE OF ROOP MATERIAL.  In Zimmerly kayak files. 

                      Contains Roop/Jenness correspondence concerning Roop's photography of Ottawa NMC

                      kayaks, Roop's kayak typology and several photos.

  Roy, Jean

       1952        COVER PHOTO.  Leisure 27(3):1, 2. 

                      Caption says Eskimos of Chesterfield Inlet.  Shows men in kayaks.

  Rudenko, S.I.

       1961        THE ANCIENT CULTURE OF THE BERING SEA AND THE ESKIMO PROBLEM. 

                      Arctic Institute of North America Anthropology of the North: Translations from

                      Russian Sources, No.1.  Translated by Paul Tolstoy.  Toronto: University of

                      Toronto Press (for the Arctic Institute of North America).  

                      Describes kayak models, indicating kayak presence in Old Bering Sea stage of Eskimo

                      culture.Umiak parts to Early Punuk times, p.149-150.

  Rymill, J.R.

       1933        WATKINS' KAYAK.  The Geographical Journal 82:539-541. 

                      Description of Gino Watkin's East Greenland kayak and kayak gear.

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  Sauer, Martin

       1802        AN ACCOUNT OF A GEOGRAPHICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO

                      THE NORTHERN PARTS OF RUSSIA.  Performed by Commodore Joseph

                      Billings, in the Years 1785, &c. to 1794.  London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies,

                      in the Strand.  

                      Description of Unalaska (Aleut) kayaks, pp.157-159.  Plate V shows a man holding a

                      double paddle.

  Savoie, Donat

       1970        THE AMERINDIANS OF THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST IN THE 19TH CENTURY,

                       AS SEEN BY EMILE PETITOT.  Volume 1: The Tchiglit Eskimos.  Ottawa:

                      Northern Science Research Group, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern

                      Development.  

                      Kayaks, pp.158, 161, 180-181.

  Schuhmacher, W. Wilfried

       1977        LIFE CHANGE AND PSYCHONEUROSIS: A note on Greenlandic Inuit

                      kayak-phobia.  Etudes/Inuit/Studies 1(2):111-112. 

                      Interpretation of this disorder from a psychoanalytic viewpoint.

  Schwatka, Frederick

       1898        ALONG ALASKA'S GREAT RIVER.  Chicago: The Henry Publishing Co. 

                      Brief mention of skin boats on page 314--village of Nuklakayet was first place encountered

                       by Schwatka with kayaks on his journey down the Yukon River.

  Scott Polar Research Institute

       1933        MISCELLANEOUS KAYAK MATERIAL.  1. Particulars of film "The Art of Kayaking."

                        2. Lists of equipment to be kept aboard members 'kayaks' of 1930-31.  3.

                      Kayak. by J.I. Moore--how to build a kayak and analysis of kayak rolling.  4.

                      Instructions for Rolling kayak." 

                      Film is 16mm silent monochrome titled "The

                      Art of Kayaking". It runs for about 20 minutes and was  photographed in 1923-34 by F.