1. Normally the umiak would be anywhere from and wide. 2. He now had 13 men, two whale boats and a purchased umiak . 3. The bulk carrier ship Umiak I was built to transport ore from the mine. 4. An umiak is a large open sea canoe, ranging from, made with seal skins and wood. 5. Clavus Swart's description fits the Inuit and two of their types of boats, the kayak and the umiak . 6. The open umiak is significantly larger than the enclosed kayak which was built to carry one or two men while hunting. 7. With a new skin on the frame, the umiak is placed out in the wind and cold, to dry. 8. Giesecke established friendly relations with the Eskimo inhabitants and learned to travel in the umiak , the vessel used by the Eskimo women. 9. The people had to use the sealskins, rope and wood from their sleds to make an umiak ( a skin boat ). 10. She stayed there for four days and collected flowers, sailing in an " umiak " and visiting a Greenlandic tent home.
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