# Maupuk

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**Maupuk** is a seal hunting technique used by the [Inuit](/source/Inuit) (formerly known as [Eskimo](/source/Eskimo)). They assign dogs to search for seal breathing holes and wait for the seals to emerge.[1][2]

## References

1. Danmark. Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland. [*Meddelelser om Grønland = Monographs on Greenland*](http://worldcat.org/oclc/724163455). Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 123. [OCLC 724163455](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/724163455). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190407153605/https://www.worldcat.org/title/meddelelser-om-grnland-monographs-on-greenland/oclc/724163455) 2019-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. [Alt URL](https://archive.org/details/meddelelseromgr531917denm/page/122/mode/2up/search/maupuk)

1. Winick, Charles (1957). [*Dictionary Of Anthropology*](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.148613/page/n359/mode/2up/search/maupuk). p. 349.

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