Fresh from the Press

EastPole Paddles
inuit snow goggles
History
6. Mar 20190

INUIT SNOW GOGGLES

 

INUIT SNOW GOGGLES

Photos: Facebook community “Preservation of Indigenous art and culture” @Anthea Boden
Text: Wikipedia

 

These Inuit snow goggles against snow blindness are dated from 100BC. Snow blindness or photokeratitis, a type of temporary eye damage caused by snow reflecting UV light. The Inuit, Yupik, and other Arctic peoples carved snow goggles from materials such as driftwood or caribou antlers to help prevent snow blindness. Curved to fit the user’s face with a large groove cut in the back to allow for the nose, the goggles allowed in a small amount of light through a long thin slit cut along their length. The goggles were held to the head by a cord made of caribou sinew.[1]


  • inuit goggles

References:
1. Mogens Norn (1996). Eskimo Snow Goggles in Danish and Greenlandic Museums, Their Protective and Optical Properties. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-87-635-1233-6.

glowing in the dark greenland kayak paddle
Technology
19. Feb 20180

First glow-in-the-dark Greenland paddle in the market

First glow-in-the-dark greenland paddle on the market

Text by Kessu Siirak
Photo by Björn Nehrhoff

glowing in the water

Want to combine beautiful traditional design with a modern feature that adds to your safety and general awesomeness? Look no further, here is exactly what you are searching for – our BoneEdge Glow.

How does it work?

Unlike conventional pigments, photo-luminescent fillers are not primary light reflectors, but are actual sources of light. They absorb radiant energy from sunlight (or artificial lighting) and convert it into longer wavelengths in the visible spectrum, thereby emitting it as light with the sensation of colors. Glow pigments will release light for up to 5-6 hours in darkness and “charge up” in 20-30 minutes.

Safety and durability

Glowing in the dark BoneEdge is harmless, non-toxic, non-radioactive and non-hazardous.

Your traditional paddle can have a nifty additional detail that allows you to paddle quietly in the dark, yet not loose sight of each other. The fluorescent eye on your blade is pretty cool and works all night but of course be aware that it is no substitute for proper safety gear that makes you visible to other crafts and vessels.