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Seal hunting, the Glossary

Index Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 224 relations: Act of Congress, Alaska, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Alexander Champion (businessman), Angry Inuk, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Antarctic Treaty System, Antipodes Islands, Arctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arkhangelsk, Atlantic Ocean, Auckland Islands, Australasia, Baltic Sea, Ban (law), Barque, Barquentine, Bass Strait, Bergen, Bering Sea, Bering Sea Arbitration, Bladder Festival, Brigitte Bardot, Brown fur seal, Bullfighting, Calvin Klein, Campbell Island, New Zealand, Canadian dollar, Canadian Veterinary Journal, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, Cape Barren Island, Cape Cross, Cape Horn, Cod fishing in Newfoundland, Conservation movement, Cooking oil, Costco, Council of the European Union, Culling, Dagbladet, Danny Williams (Canadian politician), Dock, Donatella Versace, Drift ice, Dundee, Dusky Sound, Eared seal, Earless seal, ... Expand index (174 more) »

  2. Animal culling
  3. Hunting by game
  4. Pinnipeds

Act of Congress

An act of Congress is a statute enacted by the United States Congress.

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Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (born May 9, 1978) is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture.

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Alexander Champion (businessman)

Alexander Champion (jnr) (11 Nov 1751 - 6 Apr 1809) was a London-based merchant and was active as a whaler in the late 18th century.

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Angry Inuk

Angry Inuk is a 2016 Canadian Inuit-themed feature-length documentary film written and directed by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril that defends the Inuit seal hunt, as the hunt is a vital means for Inuit to sustain themselves.

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Animal rights

Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.

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Animal welfare

Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals.

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Antarctic Treaty System

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.

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Antipodes Islands

The Antipodes Islands (Moutere Mahue) are inhospitable and uninhabited volcanic islands in subantarctic waters to the south of – and territorially part of – New Zealand.

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Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.

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Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions.

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Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk (Арха́нгельск), also known as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Auckland Islands

The Auckland Islands (Māori: Motu Maha "Many islands" or Maungahuka "Snowy mountains") are an archipelago of New Zealand, lying south of the South Island.

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Australasia

Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Ban (law)

A ban is a formal or informal prohibition of something.

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Barque

A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts consisting of a fore mast, mainmast and additional masts rigged square and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-masted barques) rigged fore and aft.

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Barquentine

A barquentine or schooner barque (alternatively "barkentine" or "schooner bark") is a sailing vessel with three or more masts; with a square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged main, mizzen and any other masts.

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Bass Strait

Bass Strait is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet).

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Bergen

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway.

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Bering Sea

The Bering Sea (p) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean.

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Bering Sea Arbitration

The Bering Sea Arbitration of 1893 arose out of a fishery dispute between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States in the 1880s. Seal hunting and Bering Sea Arbitration are fur trade.

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Bladder Festival

The Bladder Festival or Bladder Feast (Nakaciuq "something done with bladders" or Nakaciuryaraq "the process of doing something with bladders" in Yup'ik), is an important annual seal hunting harvest renewal ceremony and celebration held each year to honor and appease the souls of seals taken in the hunt during the past season which occurred at the winter solstice by the Yup'ik of western and southwestern Alaska.

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Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French former actress, singer, and model as well as an animal rights activist.

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Brown fur seal

The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), also known as the Cape fur seal, and Afro-Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.

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Bullfighting

Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. Seal hunting and Bullfighting are animal rights and cruelty to animals.

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Calvin Klein

Calvin Richard Klein (born November 19, 1942) is an American fashion designer who launched the company that later became Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968.

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Campbell Island, New Zealand

Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku is an uninhabited subantarctic island of New Zealand, and the main island of the Campbell Island group.

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Canadian dollar

The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.

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Canadian Veterinary Journal

Canadian Veterinary Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering new scientific developments in veterinary medicine.

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Canadian Veterinary Medical Association

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA; Association canadienne des médecins vétérinaires, ACMV), founded in 1876, provides leadership on national veterinary issues, advocates for animal welfare, and works to encourage life balance in veterinary professionals.

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Cape Barren Island

Cape Barren Island, officially truwana / Cape Barren Island, is a island in Bass Strait, off the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia.

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Cape Cross

Cape Cross (Afrikaans: Kaap Kruis; German: Kreuzkap; Portuguese: Cabo da Cruz) is a headland in the South Atlantic in Skeleton Coast, western Namibia.

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Cape Horn

Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.

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Cod fishing in Newfoundland

Cod fishing in Newfoundland was carried out at a subsistence level for centuries, but large scale fishing began shortly after the European arrival in the North American continent in 1492, with the waters being found to be preternaturally plentiful, and ended after intense overfishing with the collapse of the fisheries in 1992.

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Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Cooking oil

Cooking oil (also known as edible oil) is a plant or animal liquid fat used in frying, baking, and other types of cooking.

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Costco

Costco Wholesale Corporation (commonly shortened to Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores.

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Council of the European Union

The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as listed in the Treaty on European Union.

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Culling

Culling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics. Seal hunting and Culling are animal culling, animal rights and cruelty to animals.

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Dagbladet

(The Daily Magazine) is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format.

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Danny Williams (Canadian politician)

Daniel E. Williams (born August 4, 1949) is a Canadian politician, businessman, and lawyer who served as the ninth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010.

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Dock

The word dock in American English refers to one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore).

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Donatella Versace

Donatella Francesca Versace (born 2 May 1955), sometimes simply referred to mononymously as Donatella, is an Italian fashion designer, Grand Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana and businesswoman, socialite, and model.

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Drift ice

Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.).Leppäranta, M. 2011.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dundee; Dùn Dè or Dùn Dèagh) is the fourth-largest city in Scotland.

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Dusky Sound

Tamatea / Dusky Sound is a fiord on the southwest corner of New Zealand, in Fiordland National Park.

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Eared seal

An eared seal, otariid, or otary is any member of the marine mammal family Otariidae, one of three groupings of pinnipeds. Seal hunting and eared seal are pinnipeds.

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Earless seal

The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. Seal hunting and earless seal are pinnipeds.

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Eber Bunker

Eber Bunker (1761–1836) was a sea captain and pastoralist, and he was born on 7 March 1761 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

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Ed Begley Jr.

Edward James Begley Jr. (born September 16, 1949) is an American actor and environmental activist.

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Elephant seal

Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga.

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European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).

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Farley Mowat

Farley McGill Mowat, (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist.

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Firearm

A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; Pêches et Océans Canada, MPO) is a department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters.

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Foveaux Strait

Foveaux Strait is a strait that separates Stewart Island from the South Island of New Zealand.

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Fox hunting

Fox hunting is a traditional activity involving the tracking, chase and, if caught, the killing of a fox, normally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds. Seal hunting and fox hunting are hunting by game.

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Friends of Animals

Friends of Animals (FoA) is a non-profit international animal advocacy organization, established in New York City in 1957, working to free animals around the world from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation.

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Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.

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Fur seal

Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family Otariidae. Seal hunting and Fur seal are fur trade and pinnipeds.

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GC Rieber

GC Rieber is a private company that operates within the fields of real estate, shipping, food processing and industry.

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Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador is the provincial government of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Grand Banks of Newfoundland

The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Greenlandic cuisine

Greenlandic cuisine is traditionally based on meat from marine mammals, birds, and fish, and normally contains high levels of protein.

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Gulf of St. Lawrence

The Gulf of St.

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Hakapik

A hakapik (gaff) is a club, of Norwegian design, similar to a fishing gaff, used for killing and moving seals.

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Handbag

A handbag, commonly known as a purse in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items.

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Harp seal

The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean.

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Heather Mills

Heather Anne Mills (born 12 January 1968) is an English former model, businesswoman and animal rights activist.

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Henry Kable

Henry Kable (1763–16 March 1846), born in Laxfield, Suffolk, England, was an Englishman transported to Australia in the First Fleet and became a prominent business man.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hooded seal

The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) is a large phocid found only in the central and western North Atlantic, ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the west.

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Humane Society International

Humane Society International (HSI) is the international division of The Humane Society of the United States.

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Humane Society of the United States

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope.

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Husky

Husky is a general term for a dog used in the polar regions, primarily and specifically for work as sled dogs.

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Ice Climber

is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo.

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Ice shelf

An ice shelf is a large platform of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by one or multiple tributary glaciers.

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Igloo

An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ)), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of suitable snow.

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Insulin (medication)

As a medication, insulin is any pharmaceutical preparation of the protein hormone insulin that is used to treat high blood glucose.

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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES; Conseil International de l'Exploration de la Mer, CIEM) is a regional fishery advisory body and the world's oldest intergovernmental science organization.

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International Fund for Animal Welfare

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities in the world.

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International law

International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Jack London

John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist.

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Jackie Evancho

Jacqueline Marie Evancho (born April 9, 2000) is an American singer who gained wide recognition at an early age, singing primarily classical crossover covers.

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Jacques Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (also,; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.

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James Cook

Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.

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James Underwood (businessman)

James Underwood (4 September 1771 – 10 February 1844) was a noted shipwright, merchant businessman and distiller in Australia.

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John St Barbe

John St Barbe (1742–1816) was a British naval officer.

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Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche (born 9 March 1964) is a French actress.

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Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction (from Latin juris 'law' + dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice.

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Jute

Jute is a long, rough, shiny bast fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads.

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Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island, also known as Karta Pintingga (lit. ' Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), is Australia's third-largest island, after Tasmania and Melville Island.

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Kayak angst

Kayak angst (kajaksvimmelhed "kayak dizziness" or kajakangst, nangiarneq) or nangierneq (Inuit languages) is a condition likened to a panic attack which has historically been associated with the Greenlandic Inuit.

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Kim Basinger

Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress.

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Kingdom of Loathing

Kingdom of Loathing (abbreviated KoL) is a browser-based multiplayer role-playing game designed and operated by Asymmetric Publications, including creator Zack "Jick" Johnson with a small team.

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Labrador

Labrador is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Labrador Sea

The Labrador Sea (mer du Labrador; Labradorhavet) is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland.

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Larry King Live

Larry King Live was an American television talk show broadcast by CNN from June 3, 1985 to December 16, 2010.

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Leather

Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.

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Linda Blair

Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress and activist.

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List of Canadian royal commissions

This is a list of Canadian royal commissions or commissions of inquiry since Confederation.

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Liver

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.

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Lloyd's Register

Lloyd's Register Group Limited, trading as Lloyd's Register (LR), is a technical and professional services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Loretta Swit

Loretta Jane Swit (born Loretta Jane Szwed; November 4, 1937) is an American stage and television actress known for her character roles.

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Lubricant

A lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move.

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Macquarie Island

Macquarie Island is an island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica.

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Marine mammal

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence.

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Marine Mammal Protection Act

The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was the first act of the United States Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management.

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Marine Mammal Regulations

Marine Mammal Regulations (MMR) is a set of rules that govern the taking (fishing, hunting) and treatment of marine mammals in Canada.

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Martin Sheen

Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor.

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Meat

Meat is animal tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food.

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Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs (Fiskeri- og kystdepartementet, FKD) was a Norwegian ministry responsible for fisheries industry, aquaculture industry, seafood safety, fish health and welfare, harbours, water transport infrastructure and emergency preparedness for pollution incidents.

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Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter.

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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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Mukluk

Mukluks or kamik (ᑲᒥᒃ) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ kamak, plural: ᑲᒦᑦ kamiit) are soft boots, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Indigenous Arctic peoples, including Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yup'ik.

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Naalakkersuisut

Naalakkersuisut (Cabinet of Greenland, Grønlands Regering) is the chief executive body and the government of Greenland since the island became self-governing in 1979.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Netsilik

The Netsilik (Netsilingmiut) are Inuit who live predominantly in Kugaaruk and Gjoa Haven, and somewhat in Taloyoak of the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, and, to a smaller extent in the north Qikiqtaaluk Region, in Canada.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region.

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Newfoundland outport

An outport is the term given for a small coastal community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911

The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, formally known as the Convention between the United States and Other Powers Providing for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals, was a treaty signed on July 7, 1911, designed to manage the commercial harvest of fur-bearing mammals (such as Northern fur seals and sea otters) in the Pribilof Islands of the Bering Sea.

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Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (Fiskeridirektoratet) is a Norwegian government agency.

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Norwegian krone

The krone (abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); code: NOK), plural kroner, is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including overseas territories and dependencies).

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NRK

The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norwegian Realm Broadcasting), commonly known by its initialism NRK, is a Norwegian state-controlled radio and television broadcasting company.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Ochre

Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.

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Oil lamp

An oil lamp is a lamp used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source.

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Otago Harbour

Otago Harbour is the natural harbour of Dunedin, New Zealand, consisting of a long, much-indented stretch of generally navigable water separating the Otago Peninsula from the mainland.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pamela Anderson

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality.

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Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, singer, actress, and DJ.

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Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon.

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Paul-Christian Rieber

Paul-Christian Rieber (born 30 March 1958) is a Norwegian businessperson and former president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

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Peter Dauvergne

Peter Dauvergne is an author and environmentalist.

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Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor and film producer.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. Seal hunting and Pinniped are pinnipeds.

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Politics of Norway

The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy.

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Pomors

Pomors or Pomory (lit) are an ethnographic group thought to be descended from Russian settlers (primarily from Veliky Novgorod) according to traditional Russian historiography, living on the White Sea coasts and the territory whose southern border lies on a watershed which separates the White Sea river basin from the basins of rivers that flow south.

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Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Pribilof Islands

The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; Amiq, Ostrova Pribylova) are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about north of Unalaska and 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Cape Newenham.

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Ragged-jacket

A ragged-jacket (or, occasionally, "raggedy-jacket") is the name given to a harp or grey seal pup when it is undergoing its first moult, and the intermediate stage between a "whitecoat" and a "beater".

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Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren (born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for founding the brand Ralph Lauren, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante.

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Reindeer

The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.

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Rex Murphy

Robert Rex Rafael Murphy (March 1947 – 9 May 2024) was a Canadian commentator and author, primarily on Canadian political and social matters.

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Richard Dean Anderson

Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is a retired American actor.

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Ringed seal

The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is an earless seal inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

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Robert Campbell (1769–1846)

Robert Campbell (1769–1846) was a merchant and politician in Sydney.

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Robert Cushman Murphy

The whaling ship, ''Daisy'', which Murphy traveled on to the Antarctic Robert Cushman Murphy (April 29, 1887 – March 20, 1973) was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist.

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Ruble

The ruble or rouble (p) is the currency unit of Belarus and Russia.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12.

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Rutger Hauer

Rutger Oelsen Hauer (born; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor.

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Samuel Enderby

Samuel Enderby (17 January 171919 September 1797) was an English whale oil merchant, significant in the history of whaling in the United Kingdom.

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Samuel Enderby & Sons

Samuel Enderby & Sons was a whaling and sealing company based in London, England, founded circa 1775 by Samuel Enderby (1717–1797).

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast.

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Sea lion

Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short and thick hair, and a big chest and belly. Seal hunting and Sea lion are fur trade.

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Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals. Seal hunting and seal hunting are animal culling, animal rights, cruelty to animals, environmental controversies, fur trade, hunting by game, marine occupations and pinnipeds.

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Seal meat

Seal meat is the flesh, including the blubber and organs, of seals used as food for humans or other animals. Seal hunting and seal meat are environmental controversies and pinnipeds.

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Sealers' War

The Sealers' War (1810–1821) in southern New Zealand (then part of the Colony of New South Wales), also known as the "War of the Shirt", was a series of often indiscriminate attacks and reprisals between Māori and European sealers.

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Sealskin

Sealskin is the skin of a seal. Seal hunting and Sealskin are pinnipeds.

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Seville

Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.

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Simeon Lord

Simeon Lord (– 29 January 1840) was a pioneer merchant and a magistrate in Australia.

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Snowmobile

A snowmobile, also known as a snowmachine, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow.

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Soap

Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications.

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Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world.

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Solander Islands

The Solander Islands / Hautere are three eroded remnants volcanic islets towards the western enterance of the Foveaux Strait just beyond New Zealand's South Island.

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South Georgia

South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

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South Island

The South Island (Te Waipounamu, 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or historically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.

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South Shetland Islands

The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half (hemisphere) of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St.

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State Library of New South Wales

The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in Australia.

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Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau.

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Steamship

A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels.

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Stella McCartney

Stella Nina McCartney (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer.

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Sternum

The sternum (sternums or sterna) or breastbone is a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest.

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Stewart Island

Stewart Island (Rakiura, 'glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait.

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Strait of Magellan

The Strait of Magellan, also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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The Economist

The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.

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The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book is an 1894 collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling.

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The Namibian

The Namibian is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia.

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The North Water (TV series)

The North Water is a 2021 five-part television miniseries based on Ian McGuire's 2016 novel of the same name written and directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell.

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The Sea-Wolf

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London.

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The Viking (1931 film)

The Viking (Ceux du Viking), also known as White Thunder and Vikings of the Ice Field, is a 1931 Newfoundland/American adventure film about sealing directed by George Melford.

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Tommy Hilfiger

Thomas Jacob Hilfiger (born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.

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USRC Thomas Corwin

The Thomas Corwin was a revenue cutter of the United States Revenue-Marine and United States Revenue Cutter Service and subsequently a merchant vessel.

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USS Bear

USS Bear was a dual steam-powered and sailing ship built with -thick sides which had a long life in various cold-water and ice-filled environments.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Verdens Gang

("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper.

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Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.

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Walrus

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Whale oil

Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales.

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Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Seal hunting and Whaling are hunting by game and marine occupations.

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White Sea

The White Sea (Beloye more; Karelian and lit; Serako yam) is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia.

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Whitecoat

A whitecoat is a newborn harp or grey seal with soft, white fur.

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William Raven

William Raven (1756–1814) was an English master mariner, naval officer and merchant.

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World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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Yankee

The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States.

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Yup'ik

The Yupʼik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yupʼik, Central Yupʼik, Alaskan Yupʼik (own name Yupʼik sg Yupiik dual Yupiit pl; Russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an Indigenous people of western and southwestern Alaska ranging from southern Norton Sound southwards along the coast of the Bering Sea on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (including living on Nelson and Nunivak Islands) and along the northern coast of Bristol Bay as far east as Nushagak Bay and the northern Alaska Peninsula at Naknek River and Egegik Bay.

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Yury Trutnev

Yury Petrovich Trutnev (Ю́рий Петро́вич Тру́тнев; born 1 March 1956) is a Russian politician who serves as a Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District since 2013.

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Yvette Mimieux

Yvette Carmen Mimieux (January 8, 1942 – January 18, 2022) was an American film and television actress who was a major star of the 1960s and 1970s.

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.22 caliber

.22 caliber, or 5.6 mm, refers to a common firearms bore diameter of 0.22 inch (5.6 mm) in both rimfire and centerfire cartridges.

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20-gauge shotgun

The 20-gauge shotgun, also known as 20 bore, is a type of smoothbore shotgun.

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2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010, were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

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See also

Animal culling

Hunting by game

Pinnipeds

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_hunting

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