Decline and Extermination of an Arctic Wolf Population in East Greenland, 1899–1939

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Marquard-Petersen, Ulf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: Arctic wolf; High Arctic; extermination; poison; Greenland; harvest; loup arctique; Extrême-Arctique; Groenland; capture; Arctic; Lone; Arctique*; East Greenland
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67244

The decline and extermination of an arctic wolf population in East Greenland between 1899 and 1939 were investigated through analysis of 40 years of archival data, which contained records of 252 sightings of wolves or their tracks. Prior to the start of exploitation by Europeans, this small, isolate...