Muskox multiplications:the becoming of a resource, relations and place in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland

• Published in: Acta Borealia
• Main Author: Andersen, Astrid Oberborbeck
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Muskox; Natural resources; Greenland; Multispecies ethnography; anthropology; biosocial; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_on_land; name=SDG 15 - Life on Land; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities; name=SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production; name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production; Kangerlussuaq; Acta Borealia; muskox
• Online Access: https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/521e84c5-0ade-4a72-9daf-257c634eae10; https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2022.2060619; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128966829&partnerID=8YFLogxK

In the mid-1960s, 27 muskoxen were translocated from Northeast Greenland to Tatsip Ataa near Kangerlussuaq in West Greenland. In just a few decades, these 27 individuals reproduced to become a population of many thousand – now the largest population of muskoxen in Greenland. This article examines hu...