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Remarks:
A hunter from Ittoqqortoormiit is heading back to town with the ultimate game – an adult male polar bear.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: May 2009
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Image ID: CEG_9355
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
At Qeqertarsuaq on Disko Island Narwhale and Baluga is hunted throughout spring.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: March 2008
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Image ID: CEG_2003
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Location: Qeqertarsuaq Original format: Digital, RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
No hunted animal is been more important than the seal. The methods of catching and hunting are multiple. Here is a net set under the ice used.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Maj 2009
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Image ID: CEg_3228
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
No hunted animal is been more important than the seal. After catching the animal it needs to be skinned.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Maj 2009
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Image ID: CEG_7449
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
No hunted animal is been more important than the seal. In the spring the ringed seal stays on the ice and hunders dress in white and sneak up on the animal.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Maj 2009
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Image ID: CEG_8028
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
No hunted animal is been more important than the seal. The methods of catching and hunting are multiple. Here hunting from small dingies.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Maj 2007
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Image ID: CEg_9888
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Location: Ilulissat Original format: Digital, jpg 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
At Ittoqqortoormiit it is possible for tourists to hunt for seals the Inuit way. The tourist participates in all the elements of the hunt; from dog sledging to skinning the shot animal.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Maj 2009
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Image ID: CEG_7874
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO VIEW MORE SEAL FUR IMAGES!
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Photographer: OGJ
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Date: Sep. 2005
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Image ID: OGJ_0019_2
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Location: Tasiilaq Original format: Digital, Tiff 2464 x 1648 pixels
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Remarks:
The traditional greenland kayak is is rarely used for hunting today in Areenland. An exception is in the Thule area where kayak is used for narwhale and seal hunting.
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Photographer: KrL
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Date: Sep. 2005
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Image ID: KrL_1041
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Location: Thule Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Whale hunting is still practiced widely in Greenland. When one of the large whale species is killed it means meat in huge amounts.
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Photographer: FeU
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Date: Aug. 2005
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Image ID: FeU_0187
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
The Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is the most important game bird species in Greenland.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Okt. 2005
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Image ID: IMG_2713
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
Professional reindeer hunters in Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Oct. 2009
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Image ID: FeU_4797
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
Annually app. 2.000 harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) are killed in Greenland. Most are shot but some are also caught in net.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Okt. 2003
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Image ID: marsvin_2159
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Hare hunting is a popular sparetime activity in Greenland.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Februar 2008
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Image ID: CEG_6572
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
It's not allowed to shot humpback whale in Greenland but this individual were seen entangled in fishing gear and injured - so it was killed.
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Photographer: FeU
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Date: Aug. 2005
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Image ID: FeU_5110
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
Egg for sale at the open market in Nuuk.
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Photographer: OGJ
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Date: Maj 2006
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Image ID: CEg_7292
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, Canon Raw 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
The kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is popular for consumption in Greenland and annually app. 40.000 is shot.
The kittiwake population in Greenland has decreased over the last decades.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Sep. 2003
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Image ID: ride_1197
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
The Brünnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) is the most important game bird species in Greenland. Annually app. 200.000 birds are shot during October to February. The wintering guillemots
in West Greenland originate from Canada, Iceland, Svalbard, Greenland and even Russia.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Okt. 2003
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Image ID: lomvie_2204
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
The polar bear is a much searched for hunting item in Greenland.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: May 2009
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Image ID: CEG_7202
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Remarks:
By robbing a stick against the ice edge the hunter hopes to attract curious animals.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: May 2009
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Image ID: CEG_8271
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, RAW 3888 x 2592 pixels
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Walrus at the local marked in Nuuk is a rare sight.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Feb. 2008
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Image ID: CEg_5120
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digitalt, Canon Raw 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
Common eider at the local marked in Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Jan. 2007
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Image ID: CEg_9772
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, Canon Raw 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
King eider on the local marked in Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Jan. 2008
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Image ID: CEg_0528
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, Canon Raw 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
Harp seal on the local marked in Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Sep. 2007
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Image ID: CEG_5587
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, Canon Raw 3504 x 2336 pixels
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Remarks:
The end of a traditional harpoon.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Nov. 2003
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Image ID: IMG_4491
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
A large hooded seal has just arrived at the local open market in Nuuk. The male of a hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) may weigh as much as 400 kg and annually 6-7.000 animals are shot in Greenland.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Sep. 2004
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Image ID: klapmyds_4739
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Balugas are hunted in the northern parts of West Greenland.
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Photographer: KrL
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Date: Nov. 2005
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Image ID: KrL_7068
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Location: Uummaanaaq Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Skinned seals.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Nov. 2005
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Image ID: KrL_0062
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Location: Uummaanaaq Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Plaices are needed when hunting seals from small dinghies.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Maj 2004
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Image ID: fangst_1965
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Location: Godthåbsfjorden Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Seal hunting in the drift ice close to Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund).
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Nov. 2003
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Image ID: fangst_4671
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
All ready for reindeer (caribou) hunting.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Sep. 2004
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Image ID: fangst_4034
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
The local hunting officer on his way back to Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Sep. 2004
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Image ID: jagtbetjent_4623
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Seal head at the open market in Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Juni 2004
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Image ID: sael_3545
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Marts 2005
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Image ID: IMG_2492
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3543 x 2362 pixels
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Photographer: ASH
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Date: April 2005
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Image ID: ASH_1115
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3543 x 2362 pixels
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Remarks:
Dried blubber.
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Photographer: ASH
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Date: Nov. 2005
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Image ID: ASH_1622
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Location: Oqaatsut Original format: Digital, Canon RAW 3543 x 2362 pixels
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Photographer: OGJ
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Date: Sep. 2005
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Image ID: OGJ_5380
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Location: Tasiilaq Original format: Digital, Tiff 2464 x 1648 pixels
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Remarks:
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Photographer: CEg
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Date:
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Image ID: IMG_1316
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Fin whale meat at the open market in Nuuk. Greenland has an annual quota of 10 fin whales for subsistence hunting.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Aug. 2004
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Image ID: finhval_4081
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Two young harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) and a harbour porpoise at the open market in Nuuk.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Aug. 2004
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Image ID: marsvin_3577
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Hooded seal.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Sep. 2004
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Image ID: klapmyds_4721
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
Egg harvesting is allowed for the two large gull species glacous gull (Larus hyperboreus) and greater black-backed gul (Larus marinus).
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Juni 2003
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Image ID: aegsamler_4613
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Location: Godthåbsfjorden Original format: Digital, jpg 2048 x 1536 pixels
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Remarks:
King eider (Somateria spectabilis) at the open market.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Okt. 2003
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Image ID: ederfugl_2849
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Nov. 2003
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Image ID: ringsael_4772
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
The skin and blubber of whales "mattak" is considered a real delicacy in Greenland.
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Nov. 2003
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Image ID: mattak_3903
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Location: Ittoqqortoormiit Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Remarks:
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Photographer: CEg
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Date: Okt. 2004
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Image ID: yamaha_6550
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Location: Nuuk Original format: Digital, jpg 3072 x 2048 pixels
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Hunting
