Sable Hunting in Eastern Siberia in the Early 18th Century

Author: Stepan P. Krasheninnikov

Source: Polar Geography, Volume 28, Number 2, April-June 2004 , pp. 147-161(15)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Abstract:

The writer, an apprentice naturalist in Vitus Bering's Second Kamchatka Expedition and the author of a classic account of Kamchatka, describes the organization, logistics, techniques, and superstitions of Russian (mainly) and native (Tungus and Yakut) sable hunting on the lower reaches of the Vitim River in the middle 1730s.

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Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2004-04-01