Walruses and the walrus hunt in West and Northwest Greenland
Subtitle: an interview survey about the catch and the climate
By: Erik W. Born, Anna Heilmann, Lene Kielsen Holm, Kristin L. Laidre and Maria Iversen
Contributors: Heilmann, Anna (Consultant to Grønlands naturinstitut), interviewer, author; Holm, Lene Kielsen, author; Laidre, K. L. (Kristin L.), author; Iversen, Maria, author
Series: Monographs on Greenland = -- Meddelelser om Grønland -- vol. 355; Man & society -- vol. 44; Meddelelser om Grønland -- bd. 355.; Meddelelser om Grønland -- 44.
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Copenhagen
Language: eng; kal
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9788763545488
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Walrus; Climatic factors; Walrus hunting; Inuit; Hunting; Interviews; Hunters; Social conditions; Traditional ecological knowledge; Climatic changes; Marine mammal populations
Description: "This volume presents the results of a survey of Greenland subsistence hunters, who hunt and catch walruses in West and Northwest Greenland, where the animals are still a part of the traditional subsistence hunting culture. However, the Greenland walrus hunting grounds have experienced marked environmental changes due to climate change, and quotas were introduced for the catch across all of Greenland in 2006. These interviews explore how such changes have affected the local communities. The main text summarizes the broad findings while more details are provided in the individual hunter statements in four appendices."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Interviews conducted in Greenlandic. (Pages 29-30)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256).

Abstract and dedication also in Greenlandic (Kalâtdlisut).