Hunting marine mammals for profit and sport: H.J. Snow in the Kuril Islands and the north Pacific, 1873–96

Henry James Snow hunted marine mammals in the sub-Arctic Kuril Islands and adjacent areas of the North Pacific between the years 1873 and 1896. His success resulted from careful study of the animals hunted, in particular the sea otter. He had continual difficulties with the governments of Japan and...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Stone, Ian R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Pacific
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404004000
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247404004000 2024-03-03T08:41:58+00:00 Hunting marine mammals for profit and sport: H.J. Snow in the Kuril Islands and the north Pacific, 1873–96 Stone, Ian R. 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404004000 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247404004000 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 41, issue 1, page 47-55 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2005 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404004000 2024-02-08T08:35:17Z Henry James Snow hunted marine mammals in the sub-Arctic Kuril Islands and adjacent areas of the North Pacific between the years 1873 and 1896. His success resulted from careful study of the animals hunted, in particular the sea otter. He had continual difficulties with the governments of Japan and Russia, which had sovereignty over the land and territorial waters of the region, some of the encounters involving violence. At the same time, Snow was a careful observer of the wildlife and surveyor of the natural features, especially of the Kuril Islands. His works represented the most accessible source of information about the islands as late as the start of the Pacific War in 1941. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Pacific Polar Record 41 1 47 55
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Hunting marine mammals for profit and sport: H.J. Snow in the Kuril Islands and the north Pacific, 1873–96
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description Henry James Snow hunted marine mammals in the sub-Arctic Kuril Islands and adjacent areas of the North Pacific between the years 1873 and 1896. His success resulted from careful study of the animals hunted, in particular the sea otter. He had continual difficulties with the governments of Japan and Russia, which had sovereignty over the land and territorial waters of the region, some of the encounters involving violence. At the same time, Snow was a careful observer of the wildlife and surveyor of the natural features, especially of the Kuril Islands. His works represented the most accessible source of information about the islands as late as the start of the Pacific War in 1941.
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