Polar Bears in Northwest Greenland: An Interview Survey about the Catch and the ClimateMuseum Tusculanum Press, 2011 - 232 ˹éÒ This volume presents the results of an interview survey on the catch of polar bears in Northwest Greenland between 1952 and 2005. The results are based on detailed descriptions of 588 subsistence catches by Inuit polar bear hunters. The rationale for this study was the indication from hunting statistics suggesting that the catch of polar bears in Northwest Greenland had increased since the early 1990s. This change occurred simultaneously with marked changes in weather conditions and sea ice cover in Northwest Greenland. The information provided by seventy-two experienced polar bear hunters living in the Qaanaaq and Upernavik areas offers a detailed and unique account of polar bear catch, polar bear biology, climate change, and the effect of these changes on both the species and the subsistence hunt. |
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Introduction | 11 |
The form and content of the interviews | 17 |
Results | 28 |
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Discussion | 200 |
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Appendix | 227 |
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Aappilattoq Upernavik town answered yes asked this question author’s note bear hunters bear tracks bearded seals bears eat breathing holes common eiders cubs DIÀQ dogsled DOVR drift ice EHDUV fast ice glaciers greater number hunter from Kullorsuaq hunter from Qaanaaq hunter from Savissivik hunter from Siorapaluk hunting polar bears ice conditions icebergs indicated informants Innaarsuit Island IURP Kane Basin Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq KXQWHUV LQ WKH Melville Bay miut Innaar Moriusaq narwhals No/Same Ntotal hunters asked Ntotal responses number of bears number of polar Number of responses Nutaarmiut Nuussuaq Area Nuussuaq Upernavik municipality occurrence of polar opinion polar bear catch polar bear hunt Qaanaaq and Upernavik Qaanaaq municipality Qimusseriarsuaq Qimusseriarsuaq/Melville Bay responses to question RI WKH ringed seals routes sea ice seen any changes settlement Siora Siorapaluk skiffs snow south of Nuussuaq suit Naajaat Total Nutaar Tussaaq Aappilattoq Upernavik Types of responses walruses WKDW WKH