EMERGENCY FOOD IN THE ARTIC

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP54-00338A000100020009-3
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 26
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 9
• Content Type: REPORT

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rite, ano
vUven is or?
? Tile marcin 0,
bmted by a cwtain motb
eve quite worV
modmi au =m !_t a
p?` #isb tee' V"I
cc+ t: r? .ti -rts of the Northwest
the Zak a t rt r?
other note or c?--ta_? i , the "M
o the Arctic user For
coed atop y
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Pied tea ciscWt-Are t
ea r- t iry and A2A* the supp of Came ant ::
country. We o the Ieztst
arctic co tx , not POPUU'
purposes md
a .22 rte'
A excl.
At lowt 30
if .t . one L mm,* ;
sUere ir. the North beCanne arWone
hh fish there
two wept
ee be rro needed
isMng e ) 1d also be carried. 4kw
for L-Ake tr= ut 2-- to 3 .ineh hooks are a t .e .
tp er
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but geaerul
- afforft more
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wzellmit "or i e
x. A ZOO foot 1=gth 3/8" hWV s
id most t1eracfir
n no s t tt !
bt
rsr
' be pztIck and
Mien curved aUc into thin
not avvear *_
,duc . or
deep water th p e tidos and curr
n u e r i t n z t I T h lelend ten in
the t AithLLe
Ly -r or the volar
secured wt qpwial gear
or -.Ad to iftAo.
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a
I
f cotton or G
abot
is the a-wal r l-nf or ttord which owl W
br
4
Rh the hwd %,I-
fiat.
The Uvers (e
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tit it parts
Lit of Vie fjord seal
or=U a ?. s3. v Via.
cal or
ani pax" o
; Is Ir:i
e the me t
r for a :x pfd in to i-i y u
Lial foumd in the :
if I VA ku cs t J
1uw
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of to ' drift or Pae
Their ,, 1,r tt of :f'o`b: a S a=cX
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t
AU
ie bu
St,
ott h or e
` be used for bait*
,obJwt
At
h. M-ummU o
o In this spa be
or seap-letbuco) .
and rW be eaten raw.
b!C -an* is n o t al=Ws plmtqa and in
Caribou are z and : '1c - distributed tic
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abundant :~.:: are to
.or p3
WAM
+ v'-y1i K' By far the rcest
kon and in Ale0jim
and make rji-pT,,t
u h f r r t or t o s h e l t e r ed mwaitair. ;
avail le n abundance, spr:La,-, the herds r
fail in t'
Maw
ior, on t
s'` the
Owes"
of the rjosmdto
in the far in
Car st easily -ppr ach-d a in lea-ge numbers whereas
to ill nm a th are ? tc'yxl and l
Tb4dr , t ht poor but their mise of anal and hie
w. 4c. r U-Is reason the ha cr should alw~qs at=e earlbou against
cover is availL-ble tz Niter sho-jZ avoid or
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clone. Car
n 'a.as %d
berds we #ow only
W- 'O "4t3: the
nd E
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s U brmM
so= nrm tomato May
Jin of u - ez bilk ntr or
of 11&4n Twrlt-ny
papprowhed
close* A waurAed - or a
.wther bow with ymaio tiowtlm ? a# 1 at,tack s but one bears
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-kv
a- tilat of 01
at : B. Thqyj
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above t o I
mam. -,;-aed In tAc rcti.3,
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A rabbit mu
e In winter i
U
3 b' the wrtbem forte t r to AUskx
1aric, when
remit -us-in
of rabbit e~4m
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it .k a
ht ancle
mm-Al ant-al Uv : eolmtee
such gees the z
b
7 a ~ the rabbit is one
eU at for 1
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In t? rth t t but
ge rivers
it =W be 81
into that b=ka, The I
of the =zkrat
ie "V r-n an, but some, distrizte
wad Very
h as ;.
,
. e5, swnwx mrn
(~
Birds
B~is a ;s too c a ea.
may a :ems species of birds re*WA in the
vszW be , T~ben fat the a ale
tat and paraUel t it
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and there op
udooa
ft for the ptarmigan to go, through.
slip-knot nooses 3 inches in diameter, made J'rom thin
e, are placed so that the ptaxmian will get its head
e. Once caught the. bird q .c'k y strangles. By this
rs of ptarmigan n be snared in one night in one
oenerall,r speaking the northern coniferous .ores',
birds
found
t co==n Bane bird here is the spruce grouse. 'Wherever
shot, or it may be snared like the ptarmigan,
country and aural streans are more productive of bird life
Tec ?, e: Tom inexperienced man
the arctic. barren land. or in the northern fore
.fse a1
as a orgcncy food because fish can be caught in
and with side equipment. Gill nots provide the easiest ? nd most
efficient fish gear. A tax inch mesh gill net 30-40 feet. long we'-chs
but a few po=ds and in most places would provide plenty of food for
small party. The technique varies for the different kind of f Isla and
he loce3ity.
,s should never be used in s at water. In a large river, nets
an eddy, while in a small
be practical to set nets across the stream, In, a
ots should be set at right angle to the shore, preferably off a
it or headland vdiere the water deep close to the shore, Nets may
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be also set near the entrance of a small creek or t
A gill net used in opea ter a
paced at about 6 foot intervals and sink-era o
floats,. The n'
from the floats.
.bu'ay*
along the -i
along the
hould f t
c:
be attached to some object o:
chile th
out by a Ward fastened to the large float, if no boat
short net may be pushed out from the shore by the use of a
or several long Its, lashed together end to end,
f the pole then hold the net in pl
be. used in place of a boatv
with a. net oan also be practiced in meter : in rivers and in
when the ica is
ie ice is thick it is not very easy to set
a foot thick it is not difficaalt,.
it row of holes are out in the ice, spaced ten to twelve
Idn rope or halyard is passed under the ice by means of
er of a
bating up aaa: ?-nst the undersurface
e and by
place under the to
d to the net so that %ten the net is hauled out on
on or removal of fish? the .in'
to place under the is
provided with floats and sinkers to
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" d to a n d : e r + e d u d iee
4 at
t imma-es
new t bottcm
tlyu- e is
below
or the, ? z
td. tV a art one the canter hole
cau&t mder t ice in
o the not s the Ice atA that the
at a dept or
'or
ake trot or pike ri&y be profitable ixt a xe
Or C reed object #+
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bQ umid ehaU raD
Una
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t.,.,
*`1 a'C :aer or, 0
Taro. "the char sae
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t4e, year, in wilt vat*-,. It in rots. In the wA near the
~1 Lei":t s
Ot from pia txc~ M ids=
3 e n ; no trt
xZ La an anx-rtimic;(
a a
def nitc 1,- . Tim _)nos rxmt
r edible s cciat I } 1 w Da x - 0 " toe1 (Awzita
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a&
by,
of s pink #
, Lch edible, a men.
::,
gyred in Y it1
befog the
beta t,
ad brom beam.
aid or a dog, _
obtaLne his
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Brow of To9e-002=
d Is fomO in ram d turn r .
atr or ecdWedo
ap root Is r U`
Of the U =it of t"WO
very, rich in ata= It
at the
or clustured stem *= ca,
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lawlaUdas
edible a7
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Abt t th ugout Vie Atic on
brigh
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O the
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tlumt t tee fo,,md north
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acid that bitt z mmmoas
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in vntw,,
fl,
gut
Put c ?- ai t,$
d.: a
It S best with
b s widah.
-: iftto 'read or b uit, w r nerds into
ch grow an the ; id# ljr r.
izazi4 are attacimd to roe
' , - by M-o
(Cetrl-
ab,
ors are
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an the edg
colonies in rater saw
it piers
hills ate
1e~
by a deww,, b in . :t
a-shaped t 1 }
f trem,, o r b d. The
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Grawl,und to
entiroly
r, a : %l
all atl r'
tvw't,w: am vb1pf'l
and in mamn" I
nod
t"
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Of the lzgcr
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The
mr nad a us
h L* abU to talk to all the tribca
d
of h i
m
Irr cankia
r . AU
p on
cb i to food
,i.
rww times
Ime-AS to
Wan
he
cmtactz with i ' have adopW
dorm. of
of the Is v
acts of r Dud a
_..a as t1w
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>* l PAW ~ftlv Oruz
. T order g ie -<
you to A betmw 40 mid 50i
t
S'(L""r it3.va 'eoj, in the A.r ttc
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