Extremely light, flexible, and fast, wooden-framed kayaks are
covered with walrus or sea-lion skin. Kayakers hunting marine
mammals in the open sea needed navigational skill and strength as
well as knowledge of animal behavior.
National Museum of Natural History
Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan
gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428 Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)