DUBCAST #61: KUSSARSARLUNI PAARNEQ-The Lost Art of the Superfast Kayak Stroke

The Dubcast With Dubside

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