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Will the unicorns of the sea survive
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Will the unicorns of the sea survive?
Narwhals: ● a large dolphin and a unicorn ● giant spiral tusk PICTURE ● Arctic Ocean => Canada, Greenland, Russia and Norway ● Echolocation to survive: whistles, pulses or clicks ● multiple per second ● as loud as jet engines ● communicate, navigate and hunt Endangered species: ● Climate change and noise pollution => changes in their habitat ● life in habitat becomes harder ● change is too rapid Noise Pollution: Cause: -> tourism (cruisers PICTURE) -> other shipping traffic ● scientists effects of ship engines on narwhals: ● Flee sound sources quickly => shore and shallow water ● = reaction to predators like killer whales ● stop feeding and hunting ● stop echolocation ● even 30-40 km away =====> Birthrates decline Tourism statement: ● Manager Arctic expedition Cruis ship ● admits: carbon footprint => run on sulfur diesel ● BUT: no long term impact ● 150-160 passengers on board ● Two groups for 1,5 h ● only there for 4 hours ● Not considered/ignored: too many ships => “fleet” of cruisers
Baffinland Iron Ore Mine: Maryriver mine ● Baffin island in Northern Canada ● Shipps 6 million tonnes of iron ore per year ● employs around 300 local inuit people ● However: ● Ships -> bays where narwhals raise and feed ● => hit them + noise ● North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Great Canada Greenland Joint Commission: noise = migration to new places (not successful)=> Restless Statement: ● support nature: monitor effects on the animals ● temporarily affected by mining and shipping noises ● => long term factors are not their responsibility ● Not stopping: Ambitions to increase to 12 million per year ● Depend on inuit support ● forced to cut jobs of the inuit when no profit => would hurt both sides Inuit voices: Pro mine ● grateful => benefit from mine ● Jobs => money => purchase equipment; snowmobile/rifle => tradition ● Skills and experiences => not limited to cultural skills ● Natural change and modernisation of world => shouldn’t fight ● Need balance economy and tradition => both dependent ● Whals will come back = natural migration = nothing new Inuit voices: Con mine ● Notice decline in birth => fewer each year in north canada ● Believe: ships are at fault (from the mine) ● Afraid narwhals vanish => needed for hunting (PICTURE 1903) ● Eat flesh/skin ● Make oil => fire ● Sell parts => source of income ● MOST IMPORTANT: ● Whales are part of identity and society ● changes family structures and values of the elders knowledge ● Stop hunt to protect The Land Guardians: ● WHO:
