Errors and Inconsistencies

Missing . in figure captions has been silently supplied. Spelling in citations, including all French sources, is unchanged unless otherwise noted.

Unexpected Forms

A few words have ä (a with umlaut) where â or ā (long a) was expected:

nä´nu (polar bear: both occurrences of the word)
wooden partitions called sä´potĭn
Nägawau´ra, now deceased
deadfalls or steel traps (nänori´a)
dancing caps (kă´brû, käluka´)

The spelling “slungshot” is used consistently.

Inconsistencies

The spellings “Inuit” and “Innuit” (including “an Innuit” in one quoted passage) both occur.

The word “Arctic” is generally capitalized, but exceptions were too frequent to regularize.

Names of ships such as Vega are rarely italicized, and scientific names never. All are shown as printed.

Hyphenization

Forms were only changed when there was a clear pattern. This list is not meant to be comprehensive:

northeast, northwest; southeast, southwest never hyphenated

ridgepole; tiestring, bowstring, drawstring

woodenware, smoothbore, midleg, handboard

pipestem, sealthong, centerbit

whale-fish, whale-skin, whale-iron, whale-harpoon
but whalebone, whaleman/whalemen

breechloader but muzzle-loader, -loading

foreshaft and fore-shaft, treenail and tree-nail

Words in -skin are generally hyphenated, but exceptions are not marked. The forms “needlecase” (one word, no hyphen) and “needle case” (two words) both occur.