Inuit hunters fear an upcoming ruling on an Arctic mine expansion could hasten the ongoing decline of a narwhal population that they rely on for food.
Harvesters from Pond Inlet on the northern coast of Baffin Island say numbers of the iconic, single-tusked whale are already a small fraction of what they were before the Mary River iron mine began operating.
“Narwhal are less abundant … narwhal behaviours are changing, and … hunters are having limited success in their attempts to harvest,” the letter says. Meanwhile, shipping in the area — mostly traffic to and from the mine — has increased dramatically. In 2021, nearly 245 trips were made to and from Milne Inlet, where the mine’s ore is loaded. In 2015, that figure was 42.Article content
“That research clearly points to an increasing level of sound, sound which overlaps with that of narwhal frequencies.Baffinland disagrees that constant, low-level disruptions are driving the narwhal away.
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