Aleutian kayak - Wikipedia
The baidarka or Aleutian kayak (Aleut: iqyax) is a watercraft consisting of soft skin (artificial or natural) over a flexible space frame. Without primarily vertical flex, it is not an iqyax. Its initial design was created by the Aleut people (Unangan/Unangas), the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.
Baidarka - Guillemot Kayaks
It is the diminutive form of "baidar" which means "boat" so "baidarka" means "small boat". In modern use in the United States, it has come to mean a skin on frame kayak of the type made by the Aleut peoples of Alaska.
An Aleut Baidarka - Small Boats Magazine
The baidarka has 43 ribs, bent cold from saplings. They seem delicate, but they are all intact almost 30 years later. They were very easy to shape and the irregularities get smoothed out when the stringers are lashed to them.
Building the Aleutian Baidarka - North House
2019年11月7日 · Baidarkas were traditionally built with a large number of very skinny bent frames lashed with sinew to longitudinal members. In the 1970s George Dyson sparked a baidarka renaissance by cutting frames out of recycled metal road signs and using electrical conduit as …
Traditional Hand Carved Aleut Kayaks
The baidarka or Aleutian kayak was the watercraft created by the native Aleut (or Unangan) people of the Aleutian Islands. The Aleut people were surrounded by treacherous waters and required water transportation and a hunting vessel.
Duckworks - Building an Aleut Baidarka - Duckworks Magazine
The baidarka, essentially, is a carefully constructed basket, it’s construction method and pieces honed over centuries of use to provide the strongest yet lightest and flexible boat possible to accomplish the task it was used for – hunting in the open sea.
The History of The Baidarka Kayak - Hypebeast
2017年10月18日 · These kayaks, which are crafted from leather and are recognizable due to their unique bow shape, were named “baidarka” by Russian explorers who settled in Alaska during the 17th century.
Indigenous Alaska: The Baidarka - American Realities with Bill …
They developed an ingenious, compact boat known as a baidarka (akin to the Inuit kayak): sealskins sewn and stretched over a framework of driftwood and whalebone. Small and light, yet capable of riding through severe swells, the watertight baidarka snugly held one man or two.
Baidarka - International Small Craft Center
Double-hole Kayak (Baidarka), circa 1929 King Island, Alaska Gift of the Old Town Canoe Company. For thousands of years, the kayak was the only form of transportation in its native coastal environment. It is the perfect boat for hunting in arctic waters because it is seaworthy and can be propelled close to the prey without making much noise.
Baidarka (Baidarkas, Baidarki) - Native Languages of the Americas
Baidarka (Baidarkas) "Baidarka" is the name of the traditional Aleut kayak style. This is not actually an Aleut word-- it comes from the Russian word baidara, which comes from an indigenous Siberian word for "boat" and was used by Russian explorers to …
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