Now, can I have the baidarka, or do I have to settle for the keys to the umiak?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science, Just Science - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

He sat with Nauja in the center of a spacious, open umiak as two of the young hunters paddled for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Terror]

No one minded waiting for the umiak when there was no wind for its sails since the thirty-foot-long craft carried enough fresh food in it that they rarely had to stop to hunt or fish unless they wanted to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Terror]

The open-water leads had ended not very far west of the inlet leading south to Back's River — the narrowing strait there was solid ice pack — so they'd had to beach and hide the qayaqs and Asiajuk's umiak and continue on with the six dogs pulling the heavily solid thirteen-foot kamatik.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Terror]

Although Asiajuk generously offered to let Silna and her children ride in his now-crowded umiak, she string-messaged her preference for the qayaq, Taliriktug knew that his wife would never want any child of hers — certainly not Kanneyuk, the two-month-old — to be so close to the vicious dogs in such a tight space.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Terror]

Communication between the different settlements is maintained by means of the umiak, a boat made of sealskin generally about thirty feet in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference

Special note from Greg: Oops, I called the sealskin boat an 'upiak', but actually it's an 'umiak', 24 hours of sunlight can really mess with your head!.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

'upiak', but actually it's an 'umiak', 24 hours of sunlight can really mess with your head!.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

In his youth he was one of the most renowned hunters of Dulissat, venturing hundreds of miles along the edge of the ice cap with his dogs, paddling his umiak far beyond the last settlement to the north. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Crusader Gold]

802-253-2317, umiak. com.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stowe, Vermont] Reference