A new penthrite grenade compared to the traditional black powder grenade: Effectiveness in the Alaskan Eskimo’s hunt for bowhead whales

• Main Author: Egil Ole Øen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Baleine; la Baleine; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; eskimo*; Tchouktche*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.548.3613; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic48-2-177.pdf

ABSTRACT. The Alaskan Eskimos catch bowhead whales of the protected Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea stock using old-fashioned weapons and grenades filled with black powder. Killing is sometimes a lengthy process, and in some years relatively large numbers of animals are lost. A new grenade containing th...