_floe rat_

floe . four or five species are pursued off the shores of Newfoundland and in the Arctic Regions proper, viz -- the "ground" or "grown" seal, the saddle-back, or harp seal, so called from the saddle or harp-shaped mark on the back of the males, the bladder-nose, and the floe rat...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1979
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Arctic
eskimo*
greenlander*
Harp Seal
Newfoundland
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/27630
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Summary:floe . four or five species are pursued off the shores of Newfoundland and in the Arctic Regions proper, viz -- the "ground" or "grown" seal, the saddle-back, or harp seal, so called from the saddle or harp-shaped mark on the back of the males, the bladder-nose, and the floe rat -- which is the smallest species found in the North Atlantic, and much more rarely the spotted seal, or "kassigak" of the Eskimo. . Of the "floe rat" the Greenlanders kill every year about fifty-one thousand. PRINTED ITEM * W. Kirwin, 2/79 JH 2/79 Not used Not used Withdrawn

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