Nanook's kayak is not a Greenland kayak but a Hudson Bay type of northern Canada. It has a lot more volume and were generally longer and wider than Greenland kayaks. A good example can be seen on Harvey Golden's site.
http://www.traditionalkayaks.com/Kayakreplicas/IVB767.html

: One can't paint a picture of Greenland with such a wide brush.

: Saying that "Nanook of the North" is "staged" and that
: "the entire film is
: inaccurate" seems like a pretty big brush too.

: The "clip" available on YouTube only a small part of the film. Are
: you saying that these are Hollywood actors pretending to be Inuit? Is it
: "staged" because
: the people are responding to the camera? Sure, the bit with the people coming
: out of the kayak is a lot like the endless clowns coming out of the midgit
: car at the circus. But who is to say it can't happen.

: Can you direct me to the critic's review?

: This movie is more than I've seen eleswhere. If you have better more
: authentic
: movie footage please let us know what it is.

: The whole movie has some great scenes of catching a seal at it's breathing
: hole, of a group of hunters fighting a sea lion in the surf, and some
: "fish in the barrel" fishing that just could be true. These
: scenes if "staged" are some of the best in the history of film.

: Get the long version. Anyone,have any better vintage films?

: Rob