The Arctic Qajaq Project aims to preserve traditional Inuit lifeways in a sustainable way through embracing modern technology like CAD and CNC machines. This allows for custom-fitted qajaks to be produced from 3D body scans at high volume yet low cost, addressing the issues of ill-fitting mass produced kayaks. Knowledge-based economies provide an alternative to profit-driven models, supporting cultural preservation through the sale of customized, technologically produced qajaks.

1. Arctic Qajaq Project
Embrace modern day technology to
help and preserve traditional ways of
life in a sustainable way

2. Presenting a culture – by selling a product
knowledge-based economy is another way to become sustainable
without the large company ethos of profit at any cost

3. Computer Numerical Control machines (CNC) convert designs from CAD into numbers.
The numbers are coordinates on a graph and control the machine's cutter. It is now
possible to produce many unique products in a day, with customization, depending on
how you program your computer model. For example, a person can be laser scanned
and this data can be fed into a CAD software program. This makes it easy for the qajaq
to be built to fit the individual dimensions of the individual. The data is processed by
the computer and manufactured using the CNC machine. The machine can be used to
machine wood and build kayaks at a fraction of the cost of the hand-based methods

5. Tired of rattling around in a kayak that is too big for you, or too much of a design
compromise
We offer uniquely produced customized greenlandic qajaq´s build with either
the original wood , carbon, kevlar or composite frames and of course with
original sealskins. At a fraction of the price for an handmade..