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_ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, natsiq

The earless seals, phocids or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae.

_ᖁᓪᓕᖅ, kudlik , qullik

The qulliq^[1][2] (seal-oil, blubber or soapstone lamp,^[3] Inuktitut: ᖁᓪᓕᖅ, kudlik IPA: [qulːiq]; Inupiaq: naniq), is the traditional oil lampused by Arctic peoples, including the Inuit, the Chukchi^[4] and the Yupik peoples.^[5]

This characteristic type of oil lamp provided warmth and light in the harsh Arctic environment where there was no wood and where the sparse inhabitants relied almost entirely on seal oil or on whale blubber. This lamp was the single most important article of furniture for the Inuit peoples in their dwellings