East Arctic 
Ontario Science Center
Toronto, ON
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The B&W 8x10 photos are courtesy of Ontario Science Center, 1976.  These East Arctic kayaks were built for  demonstrations during the summer,  with  various northern Quebec Inuit settlements participating.
Bottom showing keelson, bilge stringers and seat stringers	Starboard side of cockpit	Leveraging up the keelson to insert  a new rib
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Seat battens	Placing the seal skins on the framework.	Women sewing seal skins
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The framework - gunwale, ribs & stringers	Carving a paddle	Finished kayak frame & paddle
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Basting stitch on the cover	First cut on a seal with an ulu	Cut with an ulu
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Preparing to de-hair the seal skin	Cleaning the fat & flesh off	Cleaning the fat & flesh off
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Cleaning the hair off	Sewing the skins together	Sewing the skins together
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Sewing the skins	A finished East Arctic kayak	One skin is de-haired with the outer epidermis still intact
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Trimming the skin	Tightening the basting stitch	A finished East Arctic framework
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Tightening the basting stitch	The cover is first put over the bottom.  Two skins  are minus the outer epidermis.	Fitting a rib
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Fitting a rib
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