Muskox Hunting Proposal Targets Eskimo Communities
The plan offers hunts in muskox areas with a $4000 per-kill fee covering aircraft charter, Eskimo guides, and licenses. One muskox per hunter would be allowed and officials see the scheme as a business venture intended to benefit Eskimo communities, though critics say the sport is minimal.
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Laing
Muskox spotting flights under scrutiny by Canadian board
The ATB charges Bohman Airways with cross border moose spotting flights violating license conditions. Ontario bans such hunting by aircraft this spring. The piece notes reduced musk ox populations and warns against extermination as aerial prospection continues along Arctic regions.
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U.S
Bohman Airways
ATB
Bohman
Canada
Boh~man Airways
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Ontario
Protect Musk Ox Says Tom Lamb
Dear Mr. Laing I returned from viewing prospectors in the Disposal Lake country. My six sons and I with Lamb Airway pilots cover Canada’s arctic. We see musk ox bear and barren land grizzlies dwindling. a few photos show a small musk ox herd near Back River. Eskimos kill when they see game. bears from Churchill to Pond Inlet are rare.
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Dlans
Ilford
General de Gaules
Acquitaine of
Canada
York
Kaskalamagan
Connie
Mr. Donaldson
Back River
U.S
Churchill
Lancaster Sound
Pond Inlet
Melville Peninsula
Fort Ross
King William Land
Cambridge Bay
Great Bear
McAlpine Lake
Baker Lake
Dubawnt Lake
Nueltin
Laing
Lake Country
Frank Wilfert
Muskox
Lamb Airway
Arctic
Moosenee
Dubawat Lake
Coppermine
Repulse
Igloolik
Henry Voisey
Repulse Bay
Hudson Bay Company
Old York
Musk ox transplant plan proposed in Arctic region
A letter from Thomas Lamb of Lamb Airways Limited addresses the North West Territories minister, proposing to transplant half a dozen musk oxen to several Arctic points as a lasting tribute. It laments past neglect of wildlife such as wild pigeon, whooping crane, and buffalo.
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Canada
North West Territories
Arctic
Lamb Airways Limited
Thomas Lamb
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