THE DUBCAST WITH DUBSIDE: Episdoe #61: KUSSARSARLUNI PAARNEQ - The Lost Art of the Superfast Kayak Stroke

 

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