Arctic skin boats (6)

I believe the answer is:

kayaks

(Other definitions for kayaks that I've seen before include "Small Eskimo canoes" , "Small light canoes" , "Small covered canoes as used by Eskimos" , "Inuit canoes" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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