Walrus Hunting Greenland

Information on Walrus & Arctic Seals

Freezing fog enshrouds a group of Inuit hunters as they stop for a tea break on sea ice near Pitoraavik. Northwest Greenland. 1977

Harpoon head (made from Walrus Ivory) and line, used for Narwhal hunting. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunter, Peter Peary, uses his dog team to help haul a walrus up onto the sea ice. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland. (1977)

Kale Hendriksen, An Inuit hunter, steers his boat during a walrus hunt in Smith Sound. Northwest Greenland. (1989)

Inuit hunter, Ituko, works on his hunting equipment during the polar night. On the right a walrus carcass hangs up. Northwest Greenland. 1987

Inuit hunter, Ituko, cuts up walrus meat to feed to his huskies. Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland. (1987)

Inuit hunter, on sea ice, carrying a gun and harpoon while walrus hunting. Northwest Greenland. 1980

Qaavigannguaq, an Inuit hunter, loads old frozen walrus meat on to his sled to feed to his dogs on a hunting trip. N. W. Greenland. 1980

Inuit hunters, on sea ice, carry guns and harpoons in search of Walrus. Moriussaq, Northwest Greenland. (1980)

Walrus tusks at the village store in Siorapaluk. Northwest Greenland. 1989

Inuit men hunting walrus from a boat in Smith Sound. Northwest Greenland. 1989

Inuit men hunting walrus from an open boat in Smith Sound. Northwest Greenland. (1989)

Inuit hunters at the floe edge with walrus meat from a hunting trip. Siorapaluk Northwest Greenland. 1977

Inuit hunter, Peter Peary, on thin newly formed sea ice harpoons a walrus at its breathing hole near Pitoraavik. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland. (1977)

Inuit hunters, Peter Peary and Putdlak Uvdloriaq, about to haul a walrus they have killed up onto sea ice near Pitoraavik. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland. (1977)

Inuit hunters, Peter Peary & Putdlak Uvdloriaq, eating clams fresh from the stomach of a walrus they have just hunted near Pitoraavik. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland. (1977)

Inuit hunter, Peter Peary, holds the line to a walrus he has just harpooned at its breathing hole in the sea ice near Pitoraavik. Siorapaluk, Northwest Greenland. (1977)

Inuit men hunting walruses from a boat in Smith Sound. N.W. Greenland. 1989

Inuit hunter, Kale Hendriksen, prepares to butcher a walrus on an ice floe. N.W. Greenland. 1989

Inuit hunters with a dead walrus at the floe edge near Etah. N.W. Greenland. 1989