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Kingalik (I)

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Geschichte

This schooner, trading (northern) was built in 1925c.

Eigentümer & Kapitäne

She was a schooner based at Holman Island NWT trading with the Hudson's Bay Company. In c1925 she was owned by Billy Joss.

Namensbedeutung

Kingalik is the male of a sea duck we call king eider. The birds migrate 4,000 km between wintering grounds in Alaska and summer nests here. Every year, hunters set up camp and harvest the ducks they need to feed their extended families.

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