1968 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate

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1968 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plate,
designed by Kaj Lange, has as its motif
The last umiak in Greenland (uminak = boat
rowed by women)
Royal Copenhagens Christmas plate from
1968 is the third of the plates with a
motif from Greenland.See the plates from
1939 and from 1957. This plate depicts a Greenland
sledge dog looking over the sea, where
a Greenlandic umiak is sliding through the
water. The umiak is an old Greenlandic type
of boat, with a wooden framework covered
by animal skin. This type of boat was used
when people moved into the fiords in summer,
where the possibilities of catching fish
and seals were good.The women rowed the boat,
and the owner sat at the rudder. At night,
during the long travel, the boat was
turned upside down, and people slept under
them.
The sledge dog is still used in Greenland
to pull their sledges, as other means of
transportation are difficult to use because
of the ice and snow.