Eleven of us crowded into the tupek and slept there that night. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
And somewhere, back there, camped in his tupek, was his father. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell] Reference
We had reached the place where the tupek should have been, but none was there. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
They were making their final fight when at last they stumbled into Emuk's tupek. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
It was dark when we reached Emuk's skin tupek and were welcomed by a group of Eskimos, men, women and children. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
In summer he lived with his father and mother in a skin tent, or tupek, and in winter in a snow igloo, or iglooweuk. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell] Reference
It would be a short journey now in the boat to his father's fishing place and his own dear home in their snug tupek. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell] Reference
They took us into the tupek at once, which was extremely filthy and made insufferably hot by a sheet-iron tent stove. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
He told us that Potokomik and the others, after suffering great hardships, had reached his tupek near the Mukalik the day before, but. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
He moved his tupek in summer, or built his igloo of blocks of snow in winter, wherever hunting and fishing were the best, but always close to the sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell] Reference
The Eskimos held a consultation here and then Potokomik told us that they were afraid of heavy snow and that it was thought best to cache everything that we had -- blankets, food and everything -- and with nothing to encumber us hurry on to a tupek that we should reach by dark, and that there we should find shelter and food. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Eskimo tupek for dinner. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Emuk's tupek. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
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