A New Penthrite Grenade Compared to the Traditional Black Powder Grenade: Effectiveness in the Alaskan Eskimos' Hunt for Bowhead Whales

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Øen, Egil Ole
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Bowhead whales; Firearms; Hunting; Inuit; Necropsy; Subsistence; Alaska; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Baleine; la Baleine; Noire; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; baleine boréale; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; eskimo*; inuit; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64295

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 the explosiv...