The last hunt? Future in peril for 'the unicorn of the sea'

Scientists want to protect narwhals, but local people who hunt them say their traditions are being ignoredAge Hammeken Danielsen has hunted narwhals since he was a child. He and his father would travel along Greenland's fjords on a small motorboat, armed with rifles and harpoons and dressed in polar-bear fur trousers and sealskin boots to insulate them against the freezing weather.Danielsen, now 33, is a licensed hunter in Ittoqqortoormiit, a remote settlement of 345 people in east Greenland. Narwhals are his main source of income. Known as "the unicorns of the sea" for their long spiralled tusks, they are a Greenlandic delicacy. Raw, diced narwhal skin and blubber, called mattak, is often served on special occasions. Continue reading...