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

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Roby, Daniel D., Thing, Henning, Brink, Karen L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal mortality; Animal population; Animal taxonomy; Caribou; Extirpation; History; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Arctic; Inglefield Land; Peary; Baffin; caribou; eskimo*; Groenland; Inglefield land; Rangifer tarandus; Thule
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65211

Historical references indicate that caribou (Rangifer tarandus L.) numbers drastically declined throughout the Thule District during the early part of this century, and that the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 which initi...