Climate change, oil and gas development, and Inupiat whaling in northwest Alaska

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Kishigami, Nobuhiro
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2010
• Subjects: Baleine; la Baleine; Études/Inuit/Studies; Inupiat; Alaska
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/045406ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/045406ar

Relationships between human beings and whales vary temporally and spatially. The Inupiat in northwest Alaska have historically formed a social relationship with bowhead whales, which they hunt for their subsistence. Whaling still occupies a core position in the lives of the majority of the coastal I...