9. Bloody Whaling Era
For centuries, European and American whalers hunted in Greenlandic waters, decimating whale populations and disrupting Inuit livelihoods dependent on marine resources. Some species, like the bowhead whale, nearly vanished. The introduction of new technologies and the demand for whale products led to overexploitation, severely impacting the availability of these vital resources for the Inuit communities (pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca).
