Gessain, Robert, 1968, The Ammassalimiut Kayak and Its Demographic Evolution.  (Original: Le Kayak Des Ammassalimiut: Evolution Technique.  Objets et Mondes 8(4):247-264).  Unpublished English translation (14 typescript pages), Library, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa.  This article and the two that follow it trace the evolution of the changing form and          distribution of the Ammassalik (East Greenland) kayak from 1884 to 1966.  Many drawings      and photographs show the construction techniques in detail. (PDF - no photos nor drawings -   14 pages)   Jensen, P. Scavenius, 1975, The Greenland Kayak and its Accessories.  (Original: Den gronlandski kajak og dens redskaber.Copenhagen: Nyt Nordisk Forlag Arnold Busck).English translation (35 typescript pages), Library, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa.  A detailed study with many illustrations of the Greenland (mostly West Central Greenland) kayak and all its equipment.Foldout scale drawings of Frederiksdal kayak and harpoon and  Sukkertoppen paddle.   (PDF – pp. 1-35, Development of the kayak - 3; Structure of the kayak - 16; The  wooden frame - 16, The covering - 20; The fittings - 26, The kayak rudder - 31) [7 December 2001]   2001  The East Arctic Kayak. Sea Kayaker 18-4: 6-19. [full text and photos].  [11 October 2001] 1976 An Illustrated Glossary of Kayak Terminology  Canadian Museums Association Gazette 9(2):27-37.  Besides a glossary, this also contains line drawings and full description of a Mackenzie     Delta kayak.  [PDF: full-text, photos & drawings  – 13 pages]   [29 September2001]  1982 Stability and Trim Characteristics of Native   Watercraft.  Mathematical Calculations Program - pp. 22-2.     [3 July 2001] Kayak Images in Inuit Prints              (25 June 2001)   The King Island (Bering Strait) Kayak    Lines and Construction Drawings    Kayak Framework Photographs        (21 May 2001)    Kayak Framework and Specimen Photographs There is a thumbnail and an enlargement of each photograph.  Click on the thumbnail to enlarge.  The Kayak Types in the table will take you to each type.  The types included so far include:       Chukchi - Inland - MEP 2083 61a      Chukchi - Maritime - EMS 1880.4.1       Aleut 2-Hole - USNM 160336 (reproduction)       Kodiak 1-Hole - PMHU 1619      Pacific Eskimo - MAI 8/2716 [28 March 2001]      East Arctic - CMC 77/22/1      East Arctic - Ontario Science Center [25 February 2001]        East Arctic - Peabody Museum, Harvard University [19 March 2001] Arctic Paddles Zimmerly, David W.  1984 Arctic Paddle Design.   Aleut 1-Hole Paddle FNM #288      Lew Plummer reproduction   [4 March 2001] Kodiak 1-Hole single paddles King Island single paddles Mackenzie Delta  double paddle   Kayak Stability Characteristics of 56 Arctic Kayaks  There are four pages of the PDF files.   PDF - Stability Characteristics of 56 kayaks; p. 1, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4 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, Solid ethnographic data on Aleut kayak use based on recent interviews in the Aleutian Islands.  [PDF: full-text, map, no photos or drawings – 5(175kb), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 14, 15, 16, 17(767kb), 18, 19, 20]   [29 October 2000] HOOPER BAY KAYAK CONSTRUCTION by David W. Zimmerly This book documents the construction of a Bering Sea style-kayak made in the community of Hooper Bay, Alaska in October and November 1976 under the direction of Dick Bunyan. Written as journal entries, the text details construction from the initial splitting of the wood to the final fitting of the cockpit lashings. Each step is illustrated with black-and-white photographs and line drawings. The author has also included detailed measurements of the kayak, a glossary of Yupik terms, and descriptions and drawings of kayak accessories. 2000.  107 pages, 84 figures, 89 photographs, 1 map, 3 appendices.  Second addition.  ISBN 0-660-17511-8 This book is the second edition of Hooper Bay Kayak Construction, first printed in 1979.  It is signed by the author and available for $19.95 US, plus $4.00 US shipping and handling ($29.95 Cdn, plus $6.00 Cdn S&H).    [1 November 2000] Site Map - Map of the whole site with hyperlinks. Boas, Franz - 1907 THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY.  Bulletin 15.  New York:  American Museum of Natural History.              Cumberland Sound kayak, pp. 9-18; Netsilik and Caribou Eskimo               kayaks, pp. [PDF – Material Culture of Cumberland Sound p.9, p.11, p.12, p.13, p.14, p.15, p.16, p.17, p.18] [West Coast of Hudson Bay p.76, p.77, p.78, p.79, p.80, p.81 ] [Small Carvings and Implements p.423, p.424, p.425, p.426 ] [September 2000] Chapman, F. Spencer - 1932 NORTHERN LIGHTS: The   Official Account of the British  Arctic Air-Route Expedition.  London: Chatto and Windus.                      Concerns Gino Watkins as expedition leader in the Angmagssalik area                             (East Greenland), Chapter XII, The Art of Kayaking, pp. 198-212. Good                             pictures of kayak rolling. [PDF: Full text & Plates for 198-212 Hawkes, E.W. -  1916 PDF File             THE LABRADOR ESKIMO.  Anthropological Series No.                     14.Memoir 91, Geological Survey, Department of Mines.                 Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau.              The kayak, pp. 71-79.    [PDF – pp. 71-73] PDF Database - Kayak Comparative Data -             over 275 kayaks.   Pages - 1-21. The same as for             Kayak Comparative Data, but with the addition of PDF            files for viewing or printing.               [3 September 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1985,  THE EAST HUDSON BAY KAYAK: A Variant from Povungnituk.  Sea Kayaker 2(2):7-9. A kayak made for the Ontario Science Centre. A photo essay.  [PDF: full-text, photos & drawings – p. 7, p. 8, p. 9]   [27 August 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1982,  STABILITY AND TRIM CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIVE WATERCRAFT: A Computerized Simulation Study.  Paper presented at the 1982 CESCE Annual Meetings, 7-11 May, Vancouver, BC.  Pp. 31.   A computer program to simulate kayak performance characteristics from measurements. [PDF: full-text p. 1, p. 2, p.3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 8, p. 15, p.16;  table of Comparative Kayak Data from Simulation Program  – pp. 12-14]  [20 August 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1983,  FORM FOLLOWED FUNCTION -- And The Function Was Hunting.  In Skin, Sticks & Bone. By Rick Kemmer. Canoe 11(1):78. Describes four solutions to the problem of designing a seaworthy sea-mammal-hunting  kayak-- from Greenland, Baffin Island, the Bering Sea & Strait and Siberia and the Aleutians. [PDF: full-text & photos p. 1 (78)]. [19 August 2000]. Zimmerly PDF File - 1984,   ARCTIC PADDLE DESIGN.  Winter.  Sea Kayaker 1(3):8-15.  Paddles types and distribution, specialized paddles, Aleut paddles, Pacific Eskimo paddles, Bering Sea paddles, Bering Strait paddles, North Alaska paddles, Mackenzie Eskimo paddles, and paddle construction. [PDF: full-text, photos & drawings p. 1 (8), p. 2 (9), p. 3 (10), p. 4 (11), p. 5 (12), p. 6 (13),  p. 7 (14), p. 8 (15)  [16 August 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1984,  THE HOOPER BAY KAYAK.  May/June.  WoodenBoat (58):74-79.  Historical background of kayak use in Hooper Bay situated on the Bering Sea in Alaska  (Also describes the building of a kayak frame by Dick Bunyan).  Illustrated with lines drawings and photographs. [PDF: full-text, photos & drawings p. 1 (74), p. 2 (75), p. 3 (76), p. 4 (77), p. 5 (78), p. 6 (79)]  [15 August 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1985,  THE COPPER ESKIMO KAYAK: Product of a Nomadic Lifestyle.   Sea  Kayaker 2(1): 10-13. Complete lines and construction drawings. Kayak construction,accessories, and use. [PDF: full-text, photos & drawings – 4 pages] [6 August 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1985,  THE BELCHER ISLANDS TWO-HOLE KAYAK.  Spring.  Sea Kayaker 2(4): 12, 13.   A two-hole kayak from 1942. Kayak construction, accessories and use. [PDF – full-text, photos & drawings – 2 pages] [5 August 2000]   Zimmerly PDF File - 1983,  BUILDING THE ONE-HOLE ALEUT BIDARKA.  Part II.  Small Boat Journal  (30):78-83.  Detailed instruction, lines drawings, construction drawings and photographs that describe how to build this outstanding sea kayak. [PDF – full-text, photos & drawings – p. 1 (78), p. 2 (79), p. 3 (80), p. 4 (81), p. 5 (82), p. 6 (83)]  [4 August 2000] Zimmerly PDF File - 1983, BUILDING THE ONE-HOLE ALEUT BIDARKA.  Part I.  Small Boat Journal  (29):26-31.  Detailed instruction, lines drawings, construction drawings and photographs that describe how to build this outstanding sea kayak. [PDF – full-text, photos & drawings – p. 1 (26), p. 2 (27), p. 3 (28), p. 4 (29), p. 5 (30), p. 6 (31)]    [1 August 2000] Mackenzie Delta Kayak Plans - 1-2 figures, Lines and Construction Details; 2-4 figures, Framework; 3-10 figures, Lashings and Ties; 4-8 figures, Structural Details (PDF files)  See also Kayak Types.  [17 July 2000]   Hard to get Brantenberg and Zimmerly Publications - (as time permits, there will be more PDF publications.) Brantenberg, 1977,  NOTES ON A LABRADOR KAYAK, 15 pages;  Zimmerly, 1977, THE ACQUISITION AND DOCUMENTATION OF AN ARTIFACT.  17 pages; Zimmerly, 1978, KAYAKS OF HOOPER BAY, ALASKA.  17 pages.  [11 July 2000]   List of Kayak Plans - I'm really excited about the free software for viewing and printing Adobe PDF files. Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ is software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms.  I'm now using it on the Kayak Types page.  If you don't have it, get it now!  You can view the plans and buy just the ones you need.  [30 June 2000]            Museum Codes - A list of museums and their abbreviations has been added to the listing of kayak types in the database, e.g., AMNH = American Museum of Natural History.   [16 June 2000] Bibliography - Dana Decker informed me of an amazing URL - http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq.   Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century. The collection is particularly strong in literature, women's history, native studies, travel and exploration, and the history of French Canada. I am just now adding the URL to selected items in my bibliography.  This resource allows researchers to look up the page references cited.  [16 June 2000 ] New kayaks added to database -  Harvey Golden has sent 27 additions to the kayak database.  Included are a number of kayaks in Scotland, England and Holland and some others documented around Clyde River, Baffin Island. Look in the database now.  [16 June 2000 ] _______________________________________________________

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