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DUBCAST #61: KUSSARSARLUNI PAARNEQ-The Lost Art of the Superfast Kayak Stroke


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IN THIS EPISODE:

In the olden days, the great Inuit seal hunters knew of a paddling technique which was used to make a kayak go really fast, called kussarsarluni paarneq. Dubside explains how it might have worked. Plus the music of Nanook, "Sivittorpormi" (It Has Indeed Been A Long Time).

LINKS:

  • Eastern Arctic Kayaks: History, Design, Technique by John Heath
  • Efraim Adolfsen describes kussarsarluni paarneq
  • Nanook, Seinitta Qinngorpaatit










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