Transport,+Navigation,+and+Sled+Dogs

====A main form of transportation for the Copper Inuit, and largely Inuit as a whole, are seal-skin covered boats known as qajaq. These boats are commonly referred to as kayaks by American and European people. The Inuit people also are known for making umiaq ("women's boat"). This is a larger open boat made of a wood frame with animal skins. These are useful for transporting people, goods, and dogs. On land, the Inuit often use sled dogs (qamutik) as the main means for transportation. The dogs used for this transportation are of the husky dog breed, the result of Inuit breeding of dogs and wolves. In this manner, a team of dogs in a tandem or side-by-side method pull a sled made of generally wood over the snow and ice. As a mode of navigation, the Inuit people have been known to use stars at sea and landmarks to navigate on land. Inuit are known to wear snowshoes while traversing through the snow.====