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Sports & Recreation Hunting

Hunting Polar Bear in the Winter

edited by William Flaherty

Publisher
Nunavut Arctic College
Initial publish date
May 2018
Category
Hunting, Outdoor Skills, Bears, Indigenous Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897568538
    Publish Date
    May 2018
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781998364008
    Publish Date
    Mar 2024
    List Price
    $23.99

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Description

Hunting Polar Bear in the Winter is a guide to hunting one of the most important game animals for Inuit. This book includes advice on preparing for the hunt, avoiding detection by the polar bear, skinning the animal, preserving the meat, and staying safe on the hunt. It also includes information about traditional Inuit hunting methods and reflections on ethical and environmentally friendly hunting.

Supplementary video resources showing actual hunting footage and interviews with hunters, elders, and wildlife officers are available online.

Bilingual English / Inuktitut tumble.

About the author

William Flaherty est un agent de conservation de la faune et un chasseur passionné qui fait régulièrement du bénévolat pour le service de recherche et de sauvetage d’Iqaluit. Il est l’auteur de L’ours blanc, dans la série Animaux illustrés. Il habite à Iqaluit, au Nunavut.

 

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