Traditional knowledge of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) around St

• Main Authors: Henry P. Huntington, John C. George
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; St Lawrence Island; Yupik; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.493.7166; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic60-1-47.pdf

ABSTRACT. Despite considerable research on the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) in Alaskan waters, relatively little has been conducted in the northern Bering Sea. To help fill this gap, we documented traditional knowledge of bowhead whales held by Yupik whalers of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Res...