Arctic Wolf Attacks Scientist -- A Unique Canadian Incident

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Jenness, Stuart E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Canadian Arctic Expeditions (1913-1918); Jenness; Diamond; 1886-1969; Wolves; Coppermine River region; N.W.T./Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Johansen; Nunavut; Rudolph; Arctique*; Canis lupus; Coppermine River
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65174

Recent biological studies have concluded that North American wolves are rarely dangerous to humans. To date the scientific literature contains only one well-documented account of a vicious wolf attack on a man, an incident that took place in northwestern Ontario in 1942. A much earlier attack, howev...