HUNTING THE WALRUS 



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HUNTING WALRUS IN BERING SEA 



The upper picture shows the walrus hunters disembarking their boats and skin kayaks. 

 The ship remains moored to the ice floe while the men hunt the walrus from the ice or from 

 the boats. 



Walrus that have been killed and are "buoyed" on the ice until the hunters can cut off 

 the tusks. Many, however, of these magnificent animals when shot plunge into the ocean, 

 where they sink before they can be secured. 



