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Some 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, humans migrated from Southeast Asia and populated the myriad islands of the vast Pacific Ocean. Their voyaging and maritime technologies were unique and unparalleled elsewhere, and evolved over time into specialized local knowledge.2 While the catamaran-style vessels3 of the eastern Pacific have received global exposure, the other remarkable and multiple vessel design evolutions that occurred across the Pacific are less well illuminated in the literature. We use the examples of the Drua class of vessel that emerged in central Oceania, including Sāmoa, Tonga, and Fiji, and the TePuke of Taumako in the Solomon Islands to illustrate how technologies evolved and became attuned to various maritime and terrestrial environments, adapting to and exploiting local materials, tools, and weather and ocean conditions.4

The tip of the Chukotskiy Peninsula in the Soviet Far East is 86 km from mainlandAlaska and its mountains are clearly visible from St Lawrence Island. It is a ruggedtreeless land that straddles the Arctic Circle between the Bering Sea and the ArcticOcean. In winter it is snow-covered and the sea stays frozen until May.

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14 - Ancient Voyaging Capacity in the Pacific

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Hunters and Herders: Chukchi and Siberian Eskimo Navigation Across Snow and Frozen Sea

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14 - Ancient Voyaging Capacity in the Pacific

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Hunters and Herders: Chukchi and Siberian Eskimo Navigation Across Snow and Frozen Sea