Riley, Carlos GuilhermeBarreiros, João P.2017-11-222017-11-222017Riley, Carlos G., Barreiros, J. P. (2017). Açorianos na caça às focas = Azoreans hunting seals, "My Plan", 10, 01/11/2017, 30-32.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4484Conhecidos pela sua destreza como arpoadores, alguns dos açorianos que integravam as tripulações das frotas baleeiras americanas estiveram também envolvidas na caça às focas, como destaca o historiador Donald Warrin num interessante estudo publicado recentemente – The Whalemen’s other bounty: Azoreans and Cape Verdeans in the hunt for Seals (2015). A caça às focas, profundamente impregnada no quotidiano e cultura do povo Inuit que habita as regiões árticas, foi uma atividade também praticada pelos baleeiros americanos que depois vendiam as peles ou o óleo extraído deste mamífero aquático. […].ABSTRACT: Known for their skills as harpooners, some of the Azoreans who made up the crews of the American whaling fleets were also involved in seal hunting, as historian Donald Warrin points out in an interesting study recently published - The Whalemen's Other Bounty: Azoreans and Cape Verdeans in the Hunt for Seals (2015). The seal hunt, deeply impregnated with the daily life and culture of the Inuit people living in the Arctic regions, was also practiced by American whalers who later sold the skins or oil extracted from this aquatic mammal. […].porSealsAzoresperiodical2017-11-08