Although seal meat is the chief food for the Eskimo, the seal is important for more than its meat.
Just under its skin, the seal has a thick layer of oily fat which the Eskimos find very useful.
when this oily fat is lighted, it makes the flames over which the Eskimos do their cooking.
It also heat and lights their living quarters.
This same oily fat is the Eskimos' favorite dessert.
Many Eskimos woman still sew with needle made from seal bone and with thread from another part of the seal's body.
Kayaks are made by stretching and sewing seal skins over a framework of seal bones.
Skin is used to make boots coats, and sold to men from other lands to be made into fine leather.