kayak

 Puvirnituq qajaq shop students having fun teaching themselves Greenland rope gymnastic with the help of Dubside's "Qajaasaarneq" video.

 This form of gymnastic is a component of traditional kayak training in Greenland.

Snow, ice and wind gusting at 70 km/h!

Does it really work??

 The building of a fleet of seven qajait and two umiaak for Arnait's film "Before Tomorrow" during the 2006-2007 school year in Puvirnituq.

They're on their wat to Montreal by jet then to Havre-St-Pierre by truck.

Puvirnituq students practicing their kayak rolls in the boats they built at school.

Puvirnituq students at Iguarsivik school building two umiak frames as props for the movie "Maïna".
These umiaks are inspired by the 1885 Hudson Strait Umiak from the Adney & Chapelle's book "The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America".