A custom made wooden sled called a komatik is also a common sight. From Wordnik.com. [SooNews.ca Headlines] Reference
Weight on your komatik is a vital question, and not knowing for what you may be called upon, makes the outfitting an art. From Wordnik.com. [A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell] Reference
After a half-hour's delay we were off again, I on the komatik with. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Advantage was taken of the daylight hours to mend the komatik mud. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
There is no better fun than a "randy" over the snow on a light komatik. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
At last the komatik topped the brow and was once more coming along after them. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
They knew their master had left them and had come back to the komatik to wait. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
Will asked Easton to hang on to it and hold back, to keep the komatik straight. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
This made the going exceedingly hard and ground the mud from the komatik runners. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
I'm thinkin 'now if you stays with the dogs and komatik, I'll go and set the traps. From Wordnik.com. [Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North] Reference
The farthest I ever traveled myself in a single day with dogs and komatik was sixty miles. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
The Ungava Eskimo never upon any account travels with komatik and dogs without a snow knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Fort Chimo, and on our return journey with dogs and komatik and snowshoes, two thousand more. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Apparently he has been living at the bottom of a bay 'way out of the line of the komatik trail. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
To his horror on reaching the komatik he found the real cause of its running so much more easily. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
Before descending one of the first of these a line was attached to the rear end of the komatik and. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
His eyes, as he looked helplessly about, fell upon an ax tucked under the lashings of the komatik. From Wordnik.com. [Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North] Reference
At one place on a sharp down grade the dogs started on a run and we jumped upon the komatik to ride. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Once or twice we turned over, but the drivers never lost their hold of the komatik or control of the dogs. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
The komatik swayed from side to side, now on one runner, now on the other with every ice hummock it struck. From Wordnik.com. [Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North] Reference
Sometimes it was so narrow that Charley's heart was in his mouth in fear that the komatik would slip over the brink. From Wordnik.com. [Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North] Reference
When there was a hill to climb we pushed on the komatik or hauled with the dogs on the long bridle to help them along. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
In the forenoon of the third day after leaving George River we stopped to lash a few sticks on top of our komatik load. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
It is the custom on the coast for the people to accompany a komatik starting on a journey for some distance from the station. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
The storm left the ice covered with a depth of soft snow into which the dogs sank deep and hauled the komatik with difficulty. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Sometimes we would walk ahead of the komatik and lie down until it overtook us, frequently falling asleep in the brief interim. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
"'Tis rocky and bad travelin 'in here, and if we takes the komatik we'll have to help the dogs pull un some places," said Toby. From Wordnik.com. [Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North] Reference
A heavy wind blew in our backs and carried the komatik before it at a terrific pace, with the dogs racing to keep out of the way. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
The komatik bounced from side to side with every hummock of ice it struck, and several times was in imminent danger of overturning. From Wordnik.com. [Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North] Reference
He reached the sledge, cut the traces he could not disentangle, and, keeping Surefoot by him, he cleared the komatik of the woodpile. From Wordnik.com. [Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers] Reference
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