Environment Canada lists bowheads as an endangered species.
People are excited about it.
He said people from his community have been trying to get a bowhead hunt ever since Tagak Curley was president of ITC in the 1970s. We're still planning to go ahead with the hunt this summer. The licence allows one bowhead to be killed during the open water season of either 2000 or 2001. But it also allows two whales to be struck with hunting weapons in the event of an unsuccessful first attempt. It' s everybody's hope that it's one strike, one animal.