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href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 Homer NewsMigura pointed out that development has coexisted with endangered species in Alaska since 1970 for species like the blue whale, bowhead whale, fin whale, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 20, 2010 Los Angeles Times (blog)...and "directly in the endangered bowhead whale's migration pathway through the Chukchi and Beaufort seas," the groups said in announcing their petition, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 28, 2010 Arctic SounderTheir project was to place audio recorders in Arctic water to study bowhead whale movement. But instead of bowhead, they heard gray whales, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 23, 2010 Alaska DispatchOffshore is a different matter because it introduces a new level of risk to our most cherished cultural activity -- the bowhead whale hunt. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 30, 2010 Psychology Today (blog)So would you settle, perhaps, for a level of consciousness without the human gift and curse of self-conscious, and be a 200 year old bowhead whale singing ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 25, 2010 ABC NewsAfter gathering with village officials and elders and sampling muktuk — strips of bowhead whale skin and blubber — Groves was driven to Jackson's house in a ... Whales 'singing pop songs' - 05 Aug 2009 New Zealand HeraldBut the special thing about the bowhead whale's song is that they sometimes sing with 'more than one voice'." They produce two different songs or sounds, A whale of a love song - Jul 30, 2009 The Copenhagen PostResearchers have discovered that the song of the Bowhead whale, also known as Greenland whale, is comprised of two different sounds blended together, Bowhead whales sing love songs in different voices - Aug 3, 2009 Gaea TimesIt wasn't that many years ago that the bowhead whale was written off as extinct in the waters off Greenland where University of Copenhagen (UC) has its Love Songs of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice' - Jul 29, 2009 Science Daily (press release) (press release)ScienceDaily (July 29, 2009) — It wasn't that many years ago that the bowhead whale was written off as extinct in the waters around Greenland and especially Three summer bowhead whale hunts set to go - Jul 13, 2009 Northern News Services (subscription)NUNAVUT - Cape Dorset, Kugaaruk and Rankin Inlet have been chosen as the three communities to hold bowhead whale hunts in Nunavut this summer. Diary from the top of the world - Jul 19, 2009 AdelaidenowAnd still they are allowed to kill one bowhead whale a year in the Canadian Arctic. If you're not a bird lover when you set out on an Arctic expedition, Inuit to celebrate anniversary of bowhead sanctuary agreement - Jul 22, 2009 CBC.caThe federal government has not finalized the creation of a bowhead whale sanctuary off the Baffin Island coast, so Inuit are planning a party next month to Plankton crucial for ocean mixing: More reasons why we need to ... - Aug 1, 2009 Examiner.com...as their absence impacted the lives and breeding cycles of food fish, shellfish, whales (like the critically endangered Bowhead whale that feeds on Time doesn't fade Barrow man's love for muktuk eating competition - Jul 18, 2009 Fairbanks Daily News-MinerAccording to calorielab.com, a one-pound serving of muktuk from a bowhead whale packs a whopping 2129 calories and 208 grams of fat, respectively twice and RI teens bound for a troubled Arctic - Jul 29, 2009 Providence Journal...north,� a former Hudson Bay Company trading post and an area that alumni of previous expeditions are working to protect as a bowhead whale sanctuary. Iñupiaq work to retain cultural heritage in the face of global warming - 25 Mar 2009 University of DelawareBowhead whale hunting is an important Inupiat tradition. The whale lies at the center of Inupiat culture. The blanket toss celebrates a successful whale Lois Norrgard: Unlearned lessons from the Exxon spill - Mar 24, 2009 Minneapolis Star TribuneAs the Arctic environment melts at a rapidly accelerating pace, Arctic wildlife, including the threatened polar bear, the endangered bowhead whale, Hungry orcas gorge on Nunavut’s marine mammals - Mar 19, 2009 Nunatsiaq NewsSome killer whales appear to eat only fish, but hunters have seen killer whales eating narwhal, beluga, bowhead whale and seal. And killer whales, which can March 20 lecture focuses on global warming, Alaska's Iñupiaq people - Mar 4, 2009 University of DelawareThe bowhead whale is central to the life and culture of the Iñupiaq people of northern Alaska. Whale rib bones mark the graves in Point Hope Graveyard. Beluga whale listing is scientifically sound - Mar 12, 2009 Seward Phoenix Log...in the Arctic despite the fact that both Steller’s and spectacled eiders are listed as threatened and the bowhead whale is listed as endangered. Faculty Quotes - Mar 13, 2009 Virginia Law WeeklyM. Doran: There is a provision [in the tax code] allowing a charitable deduction for money given to whaling captains engaged in sustainable bowhead whale Aging Lecture Gives Insight Into Increased Lifespan - Mar 14, 2009 Tyler Morning TelegraphDr. Austad pointed out that the goal is reachable because animals such as parrots, the rockfish, bowhead whale, sea urchin and tortoise live well over 100 Nunavut wildlife board considers hiking bowhead whale hunt quota - Feb 11, 2009 CBC.ca,The Eastern Arctic's bowhead whale population could sustain a hunt of up to 18 whales a year, officials with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans NTI demands unrestricted Nunavut bowhead hunt - Feb 12, 2009 Nunatsiaq News,Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. wants to do away with limits on the Nunavut bowhead whale hunt. But will Nunavut face a nasty international backlash from Protecting a Whaling Culture - Feb 11, 2009 Huffington Post,Kenny placed a tray of "muktuk" - raw, frozen bowhead whale meat - on the kitchen table. He sliced little finger-size pieces for me with his ulu - a University Libraries To Discuss Climate Adjustment of Native ... - Feb 2, 2009 UNM Today,Identifying themselves as the “People of the Whales�, the Inupiaq people rely on the bowhead whale to maintain their lifestyle and culture through the Marine scientists to assess environment before offshore drilling ... - Feb 17, 2009 EurekAlert (press release),..."This is a sensitive environmental region from many aspects, considering the importance of bowhead whale migration, ice retreats, threats to polar bears, Endangered Species Act is good law that works in Alaska - Feb 11, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,...in the Arctic despite the fact that both Steller's and spectacled eiders are listed as threatened and the bowhead whale is listed as endangered. United States Protects America's Arctic From Industrial Fishing - Feb 5, 2009 PR Newswire (press release),Many of these animals, including the polar bear, bowhead whale and spectacled eider, are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act Pulling them all together - Feb 4, 2009 Anchorage Press,So are a mountain goat and a person posing under arched jawbones from a bowhead whale. There are puffins and loons, a fox, and a Chilkat blanket pattern. EPA study found that Red Dog Mine benefited region - Feb 7, 2009 Anchorage Daily News,We rely on the bearded seal, walrus, beluga, bowhead whale, fish, waterfowl, berries and greens. All scientific studies indicate it is safe to continue to Minister gives nod to Inuit bear knowledge - Jan 29, 2009 Nunatsiaq News,..."In the past, Inuit always considered the WWF Canada as our friend," he said, recalling that the two had cooperated on bowhead whale management issues. Assembling whale skeleton a giant task - Nov 14, 2008 South Coast Today,Ms. Shaw said she would like to see the museum make room someday, some way for a bowhead whale, "an important species for the whaling industry," alongside Pictured: A photographer's very close encounter with a majestic ... - 27 Sep 2008 Daily Mail,Bowhead Whale, which has its own genus, Balaena also belongs to the Balaenidae family, and so is sometimes considered a right whale. Published Wednesday, September 3, 2008, by Northern News Services ... - Sep 3, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),Whale Cove residents had a rare visitor last month: a bowhead whale. "We have belugas, but that's it. To see a bowhead whale so close to shore, The whaling perspective - Sep 12, 2008 Petroleum NewsMMS duly obliged and the agency has now published a research report called “Quantitative description of potential impacts of OCS activities on bowhead whale Canada Preserves Arctic Wilderness for Whales, Bears, Birds - Sep 4, 2008 Environment News ServiceThe Niginganiq (nee geen ga nik) National Wildlife Area protects key bowhead whale habitat, and the Akpait (ak pa eet) and Qaqulluit (ka koo loo eet) Restoration complete on whaling station - Sep 25, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),...by foreign whalers in the 1920s, local hunters continued to use it and in 1998 it was used it as a base camp for the community's last bowhead whale hunt. Arctic ice melt not quite a record - Sep 17, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle,The villagers had just harpooned a 23-foot bowhead whale, the first of the three a year that they are allowed to take under subsistence agreements. Greenland whale hunt 'commercial' - Sep 8, 2008 Russia Journal,Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too... commercial in character. Warmed-over pact creates three new sanctuaries - Aug 28, 2008 Nunatsiaq News,Those include three new wildlife areas: a long-awaited bowhead whale sanctuary at Isabella Bay near Clyde River and two new protected areas near Venture Arctic & The Eco-Revolution - Sep 23, 2008 Green Muze,You can blow the scent of a beached bowhead whale to a hungry wolverine, melt snow to feed epic herds of caribou, or freeze over the ocean to protect Sam Branson's Arctic diary - Sep 2, 2008 Mirror.co.uk,There were two large fin whales and a bowhead whale swimming off the bow of the boat. They would disappear under the icy water before coming up to spray the USC Upstate’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Department ... - Aug 29, 2008 USC Upstate,Dr. Romanek will discuss using stable isotopes to investigate whale ecology in a seminar titled “Arctic Ecology of the Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)�. FACTBOX-Alaska's environment and green issues - Sep 10, 2008 Reuters AlertNet,...million acre (7.7 million hectare) refuge is home to 45 species of land and marine mammals, ranging in size from the pygmy shrew to the bowhead whale. Hardly an Earth Mother - Sep 7, 2008 Tampabay.com,I'd like her to see the endangered bowhead whale, the beluga whales, the bearded, ringed, and spotted seals. I'd like her to see polar bears. Kangiqsujuaq gets first bowhead in a century - 14 Aug 2008 Nunatsiaq News,KANGIQSUJUAQ - Noah Annahatak thrust a harpoon into a bowhead whale Aug. 10, marking the first bowhead kill on Nunavik's Hudson Strait coast in more than a Open ANWR Already! The case for drilling—and more energy production - 14 Aug 2008 Reason Online,I saw a bowhead whale breaching and little sea otters (once nearly extinct) in Seward Harbour during one afternoon boat trip out into the bay. Around Nunavut - 14 Aug 2008 Nunatsiaq News,In 1996, he wrote a lengthy commentary for Nunatsiaq News about the failed bowhead whale hunt held that year near Repulse Bay. In the Feb. A whale of a snack - Jul 26, 2008 Salt Lake Tribune,By Kimberly Miller Part of a bowhead whale fluke is cut up during a Nalukataq in Barrow, Alaska. Barrow, Alaska » I hesitantly bit into the piece of Music festival marks revival of bowhead hunt - Aug 7, 2008 Nunatsiaq News,KANGIQSUJUAQ - The bowhead whale surfaced, but Mani Kutaak, harpoon in hand, froze with fear. The whale was gigantic, but his brother killed it. Delegation introduces bills to protect whaling rights of Alaska ... - Jul 31, 2008 Arctic Sounder,...“This legislation is crucial to insure that the Alaska Native subsistence bowhead whale quota will continue to be set, even if the International Whaling A man for all species - Jul 27, 2008 Indianapolis Star,Answer: It has to do with the status of the bowhead whale population that is harvested by the Alaskan Eskimo communities on the North Slope. In world of thinning ice, Arctic scientists view life and death - Jul 24, 2008 Dutch Harbor Fisherman,Sekiguchi was excited to see her first bowhead whale on the cruise. The sighting was due in part to having all the right equipment searching for whales. In rural Alaska, fuel costs now matter of survival - Aug 6, 2008 The Associated PressThere are ceremonies in the center of town to celebrate a successful hunt for bowhead whale. The captain of the boat is obliged to share his bounty with Community profile: Kivalina - Jul 30, 2008 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),...village where about 97 percent of the population is Alaska Native and subsistence activities, including hunts for the bowhead whale, provide most foods. Sen. Murkowski pushes for ratification of Arctic treaty - Jul 27, 2008 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,Alaska’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Thursday that would authorize the US Secretary of Commerce to set the subsistence bowhead whale Shell plans unmanned flights over oil seas - Aug 1, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,The National Marine Fisheries Service plans bowhead whale migration and feeding surveys called for MMS. Fish and Wildlife also plans surveys for polar bears Perish the thought of drilling - Jul 27, 2008 Toledo Blade,The Arctic refuge is home to 45 species of land and marine mammals, from the pigmy shrew to the bowhead whale; 36 species of fish, and 180 species of birds, BP unveils plans to tap off-shore reserves - Jul 15, 2008 KTUU,WWF also says seismic surveying, a first step in development, can create noise that interrupts feeding grounds for marine mammals like the bowhead whale. Narwhals more at risk to Arctic warming than polar bears - 25 Apr 2008 The Associated PressAfter the narwhal — which is also known as the "corpse whale" — and polar bear, the most at risk were the hooded seal, bowhead whale and walrus. New estimates say Eastern Arctic bowhead whales are not endangered ... - Apr 14, 2008 The Canadian Press..."Now that the bowhead whale population has come back to historical numbers, there shouldn't be any stopping us," said Nirlungayuk. Scott Hollifield: It's official -- no state-sponsored cocktail - Apr 10, 2008 McDowell News,The bowhead whale is actually Alaska's official marine mammal and would crush your car like aluminum can. (And, if my petition is successful, the aluminum At Risk: bears and a way of life - Apr 19, 2008 The Gazette (Montreal),Three years after scientists were ready to list the bowhead whale as threatened, the department said the whales are even more bountiful than they were The Edge of Extinction - Apr 7, 2008 Vanity Fair,But by the time I arrived, in mid-September, they’d been dining for days on prey already dead: the stinking remains of bowhead-whale carcasses. IFAW seeks help for polar bears - Apr 21, 2008 Cape Codder,She said the melting arctic ice not only imperils polar bears but ice seals, walrus and even the bowhead whale. “There is a gap between what scientists are A week's worth of science news - Mar 30, 2008 Toronto Star,One of the mysteries of this aspect of the Arctic environment revolves around the bowhead whale. Scientists believe it consumes Calanus and other copepods From snowmachine to the stage - Apr 4, 2008 Tundra Drums,For the uninitiated, her Eskimo salad is a tossed medley of beluga, bowhead whale muktuk, seal, smoked salmon, aged blubber and bits of apple, radish, Minnesotans fight for polar bears' rights - Mar 27, 2008 Minnesota Daily,The Bowhead Whale and the walrus habitats are also threatened by drilling in the area. Jane Chen, fisheries and wildlife sophomore, has been advocating the Bowhead Whale Imperiled by Arctic Drilling Plans - Feb 19, 2008 Common Dreams (press release),...seismic blasts and other disturbances flowing from huge federal offshore oil lease sales in the Arctic put the highly endangered bowhead whale at great NOAA proposes to keep bowhead whale hunt - Feb 5, 2008 Seattle Times,By MARY PEMBERTON AP MIKE GALGINAITIS / AP Members of a whaling crew stood next to a bowhead whale they caught on Sept. 13, 2006, near Nuiqsut, Alaska. NOAA Fisheries Releases Bowhead Whale Hunt Document - Feb 5, 2008 AlaskaReport,NOAA says with the bowhead whale population increasing, Alaska Natives should be allowed to harvest 255 bowhead whales from 2008 through 2012. Agency proposes keeping bowhead whale hunt at current levels - Feb 4, 2008 KTUU,AP - February 4, 2008 8:14 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A federal agency today released its preferred option for subsistence hunting of bowhead whales for Shell offers reduced drilling plan in face of - Feb 20, 2008 EnergyCurrent,...are a traditional hunting ground of the tribe and near calving grounds of the endangered Bowhead whale, which is a target of native subsistence hunting. Oil and injustice for all - Feb 10, 2008 RU Daily Targum (subscription),...harm to a pristine area that provides sanctuary to a tenth of the world's polar bears and shelters the migratory path of the endangered bowhead whale. Suit Seeks to Block Oil Search Off Alaska - Jan 31, 2008 New York Times,The plaintiffs hope to stop plans to develop 29 million acres, which they argue could harm the endangered bowhead whale, a staple of subsistence hunting, James Le Fanu: Doctor's diary - Feb 17, 2008 Telegraph.co.uk,The bowhead whale leads, with a maximum lifespan of 200 years - recently killed specimens had harpoons from the 1790s in their bodies. ASRC Energy Services proposes seismic activity in the Chukchi Sea - Feb 14, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,Borough spokesperson David Harding indicated that the borough generally opposes offshore seismic activity because it disturbs bowhead whale migration and Kugluktuk heritage fair promotes culture, history - Feb 12, 2008 Northern News Services (subscription),..."I wanted to find out more about the bowhead whale so I looked on the Internet." The heritage fair, held on Jan. 31, was a way to celebrate the history and Journey To The Ends Of The Earth - Feb 9, 2008 Evening Bulletin,The polar regions teem with life, and the exhibition offers sightings of the Arctic fox, the caribou and the bowhead whale. Colorful yet delicate flowers, Native and Conservation Groups Voice Opposition to Lease Sale 193 ... - Feb 6, 2008 Business Wire (press release),An oil spill in the Chukchi Sea could devastate the bowhead whale migration and other animals we have subsisted on for thousands of years. Breaking News Beaufort Sea lawsuit filed by Inupiat over upcoming ... - Jan 31, 2008 Alaskajournal.com,...and encompasses the migration route of the bowhead whale, which the Inupiaq people of the North Slope have subsisted on for thousands of years. Uncle follows quest for an elusive giant bowhead - Nov 8, 2007 Arctic Sounder,This is about a bowhead whale hunt. My uncle, Tom, has been preparing for this particular hunt for several months. He has waited longer than usual because Loss of 'goddess' a grave warning sign - Nov 30, 2007 Independent Online,There were some success stories, such as the Alaskan bowhead whale whose numbers were increasing at more than three percent a year, which was "great news". A Menagerie of Longevity - Nov 25, 2007 Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies,Bowhead whale lifespans have been calculated as exceeding 200 years in some cases using a method which extrapolates age from the ratio of left-handed to Dr. William Hogarth announces his intention to leave NOAA - Nov 26, 2007 Sport FishingThis year Bill obtained the subsistence bowhead whale quota for the Alaskan tribal community at the International Whaling Commission meeting. November Acoustics Meeting in New Orleans - Nov 6, 2007 Newswise (press release)Another will examine the change in bowhead whale calling behaviors due to noise from boats and from an artificial oil production island in the whales' Arctic swimmer risks life to save planet - Nov 4, 2007 ic Wales,Such changes, he says, would probably leave polar bears extinct as well as several other species including the bowhead whale. And it could also release huge Breadth of Aboriginal art in Toronto - Nov 18, 2007 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,Surely one of the most powerful is the immense, 42-foot prehistoric-looking skeleton of a bowhead whale that dominates the exhibit. Let Us Eat Cake - Nov 8, 2007 nextbook,I love that, putting aside the image of actually being pregnant for 13 months, the gestation period of a bowhead whale. The Jewish calendar is full of even Bush administration backs Shell Oil in Beaufort drilling - Oct 11, 2007 KTUU,...the request of the North Slope Borough and various environmental groups concerned about how drilling would affect the region's bowhead whale migration. "When looking for friends, one shouldn't look for perfection" said ... - Oct 16, 2007 Mounteverest,Polar bears almost exclusively feed on ringed seals and to a lesser extent bearded seals, walrus, beluga whale and bowhead whale carcasses, birds, Mother whale dies when stranded with calf - 19 Aug 2007 Science Daily (press release)...full story Bowhead Whale -- The Bowhead Whale, also known as Greenland Right Whale or Arctic Whale, is a marine mammal of the order Cetacea. Shell's rocky return - 19 Aug 2007 Anchorage Daily News (subscription),The objections are much broader, however, than the bowhead whale, says Itta, the borough mayor. He says the Minerals Management Service did a poor job of Shell Oil Can't Drill This Year in Beaufort Sea, Court Rules - Aug 16, 2007 YubaNet,Noise from exploration activities will disturb bowhead whale migration and feeding in the Beaufort. Also at risk from disturbance and potential oil spills Court Halts Shell Oil Exploration in Beaufort Sea - Aug 16, 2007 Environment News ServiceNoise from exploration activities will disturb bowhead whale migration and feeding in the Beaufort, the groups claim. "Shell would have started its Proposal would let bowhead whale hunt continue for 5 years - Aug 3, 2007 KTUU,AP - August 3, 2007 7:54 PM ET ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a proposal today (Friday) that would allow subsistence Critics worry that military interest in Arctic creating massive ... - Aug 18, 2007 West Island Chronicle,The summers bring most of the world's narwhal population, a third of the continent's belugas and the endangered eastern population of the bowhead whale. Scientists say warm water may cause skinny whales - Jul 23, 2007 Houston Chronicle,..."During fall bowhead whale hunting season, they see a blow and divert off course — only to find it's a gray whale," George said. Melting ice equals Arctic opportunities - Aug 7, 2007 Earth & Sky,The Northern Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea are the main migratory waters for the bowhead whale, which is the base of subsistence hunting for the Eskimos on Federal Court Stays Arctic Oil-Drilling Plan Threatening Native ... - Jul 23, 2007 Environmental News Network (press release),The groups challenging the plan are concerned that the plan threatens marine mammals, including species that are vital to subsistence like the bowhead whale Week of August 05, 2007 - Aug 3, 2007 Petroleum News...“We are very glad that Shell has decided to recognize the risks to our bowhead whale resource, our bowhead whale subsistence hunt and the lives of our Conservation Groups Fighting Shell Over Alaska Oil Drilling - Aug 15, 2007 Associated Content,Some of the points made in the argument are that the noise from the exploration will interrupt the migration of the bowhead whale as well as their feeding More species face threat from urban expansion - Aug 13, 2007 Canada.com,The flora and fauna in trouble range from the Pacific water shrew to the bowhead whale and Ord's kangaroo rat: a gerbil-like mammal that lives in the Games a lesson in survival of traditions - Jul 22, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,...and crafts: bedroom moccasins made of seal fur, walrus ivory jewelry, bowhead whale bone masks and wood carvings of puffins, owls and killer whales. Shell adds to BP woes as earnings beat forecasts - Jul 26, 2007 Independent,...drilling off the coast of Alaska this year, despite legal challenges from native groups and environmentalists worried about bowhead whale populations. A version of surf 'n' turf on Alaskan holiday menu Nov 23, 2006 By Rachel D'Oro. AP. A whaling crew in Nuiqsut butchers a 35-foot bowhead whale caught in September. The whale meat is served frozen ... - Denver Post, Alaska Thanksgiving: Whale Meat Nov 17, 2006 Former Mayor Leonard Lampe enjoys the wide-eyed reaction from first-timers witnessing the bowhead whale feast. ``They're usually very curious,'' he said. ... - Guardian Unlimited, A Whale of a Feast: Alaska's natives to mark Thanksgiving over ... Nov 17, 2006 Former Mayor Leonard Lampe enjoys the wide-eyed reaction of first-timers witnessing the bowhead-whale feast. A bowhead whale can ... - Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), Alaskan Thanksgiving Feast: Whale Meat Nov 17, 2006 Kunneak Neakok assists in butchering a bowhead whale caught by the Quvan Crew during the first day of the spring whaling season in a Monday, Sept. ... - Lexington Dispatch, Alaska Thanksgiving: Whale Meat Nov 17, 2006 ...oil crews. Former Mayor Leonard Lampe enjoys the wide-eyed reaction from first-timers witnessing the bowhead whale feast. "They're ... - FOX News For Natives, Thanksgiving a celebration of bounty Nov 19, 2006 Dorcas Kittick, second from left, her grandmother and whaling captain Ruth Nukapigak, sitting center, and others prepare part of a bowhead whale caught in ... - Juneau Empire (subscription), Bridging the Eskimo, oil culture gap Nov 11, 2006 North Slope residents worry that industrial activity could disrupt the bowhead whale hunts that the Native communities of the region view as a cornerstone of ... - Anchorage Daily News, Country needs oil, but fragile cultures depend on whales Nov 11, 2006 North Slope residents worry that industrial activity could disrupt the bowhead whale hunts that they view as a cornerstone of their cultural identity as well ... - Anchorage Daily News, Fossils dig up Mission Viejo's prehistoric past Oct 26, 2006 A historical landmark on La Paz Road and Chrisanta Drive is the site where a 30-foot bowhead whale skull was found in the 1970s while the Mission Viejo Co. ... - OCRegister, Buried bones come up for air Oct 28, 2006 At La Paz Road and Chrisanta Drive, a 30-foot bowhead whale skull was found in the 1970s while the Mission Viejo Co. was grading. ... - OCRegister, Iceland Defends Right To Hunt Whales Nov 2, 2006 He also pointed out that the US was allowed to catch 280 bowhead whale over a five-year period, out of a total population of approximately 10,000 whales, while ... - Forbes, The Top 10 Natural Hotspots Oct 30, 2006 The bowhead whale, whose foraging habitats are intricately linked to the Arctic ecosystem (unlike many other species, it does not migrate), is thought to be ... - Belfast Telegraph, Week of November 05, 2006 Nov 3, 2006 And, in the Alaska Arctic, the protection of Native subsistence hunting of marine mammals such as the bowhead whale is a major issue. ... - Petroleum News Drones may aid Arctic oil exploration Drones may monitor Arctic ... Nov 8, 2006 And, in the Alaska Arctic, the protection of Native subsistence hunting of marine mammals such as the bowhead whale is a major issue. ... - Anchorage Daily News, This Day in History Oct 24, 2006 Fairbanks. • In 1977, the US Supreme Court upheld a lower court's one-year ban on bowhead whale hunting by Alaska natives. • In ... - Juneau Empire (subscription), This Day in History Oct 25, 2006 The ship was lost during World War II. • In 1977, in the wake of the ban on bowhead whale hunting, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced that ... - Juneau Empire (subscription), Barrow is cold, but the whales are hot Mar 26, 2006 Heritage Center in Barrow. There also is a scale model of a bowhead whale as well as an extensive whaling exhibit. On the spring ... Anchorage Daily News, Retirees fined for selling baleen, walrus ivory Feb 28, 2006 ...raid on the kiosk and a workshop in Horner's home found 2,586 pieces of baleen and other marine mammal parts, including 104 pieces of bowhead whale baleen, 52 ... Anchorage Daily News, Climate change harming Bering sea mammals, birds, study shows Mar 9, 2006 As the gray whales shift northward, they are moving closer to the territory of the bowhead whale, which feeds offshore on krill. ... Kazinform, Feds Seize Thousands of Pieces of Illegal Marine Mammal Parts Mar 1, 2006 The marine mammal parts seized include: 104 pieces of raw bowhead whale baleen, 52 pieces of raw humpback whale baleen, 43 pieces of minke whale baleen, 1,171 ... SitNews, Column: Drilling the issue Mar 15, 2006 It contains several animal species, such as the endangered bowhead whale and three types of bears that depend on its 19 million acres for survival. ... Kansas State Collegian, Shell plans Beaufort Sea drilling Mar 4, 2006 Offshore drilling is a concern of many villagers because of potential for industry operations to disrupt the endangered bowhead whale, which villagers harpoon ... Anchorage Daily News, Thar she goes Mar 15, 2006 Next time you boil a kettle on the galley stove spare a thought for the bowhead whale: in some parts of the Arctic there are only 200 left. ... Yachting Monthly, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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