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The Politics of Whaling

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Morgan, Lael


May 1981

Useful
Article
Iñupiaq and Yup'ik
Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

Excerpt:
"During the 1970s conservationists watched with alarm as the number of bowhead whales taken by Eskimo subsistence hunters jumped from an annual average of 11.71 to 32.4, while the number of crews hunting them expanded from 45 (in 1973) to 99 last season."

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