ARCTIC History, Status, and Taxonomic Identity of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Northwest Greenland’

• Main Authors: Daniel D. Robyz, Henning Thing, Karen L. Brinkz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Inglefield Land; Peary; eskimo*; Inglefield land; Rangifer tarandus; Thule
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.588.3687; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic37-1-23.pdf

ABSTRACT. Historical references indicate that caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.) numbers drastically declined throughout the Thule District during the early part of this century, and that the primary causes were: 1) the influx of polar explorers and their distribution of firearms to the Thule Eskimos wh...