Complex sentence: Whaleboats became prevalent in ancient Inuit and Yupik culture when trade and other forms of nutrition were sparse whaleboats gave them a means of travelling to distant places in order to obtain resources.
Split into simpler sentences: Whaleboats became prevalent in ancient Inuit and Yupik culture when trade and other forms of nutrition were sparse. Whaleboats gave them a means of travelling to distant places in order to obtain resources.