Inuit and Polar Bears: Cultural Observations from a Hunt near Resolute Bay, N. W.T.

• Main Author: George Wenzel
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Mots elks; chasse; culture Inuit; ours blanc; Resolute Bay; Baffin Island; Clyde River; Arctic; Baffin; inuit
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.494.529; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic36-1-90.pdf

ABSTRACT. The relationship between Inuit and polar bear (Ursus mritimus Phipps) is examined. The emphasis is placed on cultural aspects of In-uit polar bear hunting. A single hunt near Resolute Bay, N.W.T., is described and comparisons are made to Inuit polar bear hunting behaviour in the Clyde Rive...