A Farewell to Greenland’s Wildlife by Kjeld Hansen, NHB Mailorder Bookstore (Fax: +44 (0)1803 865280), £15, ISBN 8789723015
AUTOMATIC rifles, motorised dinghies and even video recorders are pushing many of Greenland’s wildlife species towards the same sad fate as the dodo and the great auk.
Hunting has always been a way of life for the Inuit in one of the world’s last great wildernesses, but now they have far greater mobility and firepower. And hunting is no longer a simple necessity that feeds the hunter’s family—it’s big business. Companies set up by the Greenland government will buy the carcass…
