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Svalbard Statistics 2001

90   Catch of polar bear. Numbers. 1920-1973
      Sealers Other hunters1 Crew at weather observation post at Svalbard2 Trophy hunters
  Total Of which alive Dead Alive Dead Alive Dead Alive Dead Alive
1920 578 4 487 4 87 - - - - -
1921 175 - 155 - 20 - - - - -
1922 218 10 208 10 - - - - - -
1923 550 60 480 59 10 1 - - - -
1924 901 2 733 - 166 2 - - - -
1925 598 - 570 - 28 - - - - -
1926 281 - 134 - 147 - - - - -
1927 370 45 255 45 70 - - - - -
1928 528 51 430 51 47 - - - - -
1929 474 68 322 66 84 2 - - - -
1930 441 56 250 56 135 - - - - -
1931 127 11 77 11 39 - - - - -
1932 218 12 149 12 57 - - - - -
1933 224 12 179 12 33 - - - - -
1934 152 5 80 5 67 - - - - -
1935 221 7 101 7 113 - - - - -
1936 406 27 198 26 181 1 - - - -
1937 540 43 344 42 153 1 - - - -
1938 245 19 119 19 107 - - - - -
1939 148 6 102 6 40 - - - - -
1940 151 - 15 - 136 - - - - -
1941 11 - - - 11 - - - - -
1942 4 - - - 4 - - - - -
1943 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
1944 - - - - - - - - - -
1945 195 - 195 - - - - - - -
1946 405 55 316 55 7 - 27 - - -
1947 523 35 165 29 293 5 25 - 5 1
1948 444 34 176 21 191 11 43 2 - -
1949 304 29 194 24 26 4 50 1 5 -
1950 538 60 439 60 18 - 21 - - -
1951 374 36 236 33 66 3 32 - 4 -
1952 152 17 75 12 12 - 32   16 5
1953 347 46 247 43 7 2 41 1 6 -
1954 209 19 128 19 13 - 22 - 27 -
1955 470 46 249 46 86 - 22 - 67 -
1956 341 47 197 43 26 2 42 2 29 -
1957 308 17 233 17 6 - 18 - 34 -
1958 160 2 81 2 3 - 29 - 45 -
1959 334 - 128 - 132 - 45 - 29 -
1960 173 - 11 - 66 - 70 - 26 -
1961 126 - 42 - 11 - 52 - 21 -
1962 177 4 40 2 25 - 83 2 25 -
1963 310 1 126 1 66 - 86 - 31 -
1964 436 2 146 - 155 - 77 2 56 -
1965 435 - 9 - 278 - 120 - 28 -
1966 173 - 3 - 31 - 87 - 52 -
1967 263 4 9 - 122 2 79 - 49 2
1968 267 - 3 - 151 - 68 - 45 -
1969 346 - 41 - 123 - 133 - 49 -
1970 515 - 87 - 272 - 105 - 51 -
1971 116 - 64 - 21 - 19 - 12 -
1972 61 - 18 - 3 - 13 - 27 -
1973 41 - 3 - 11 - 8 - 19 -
1  As from 1945 the figures include summer expeditions to East Greenland and catch done by Norwegian miner.
2  Including four animals caught at Jan Mayen in 1949 (1), 1963 (2) and 1968 (1).
Source: In the series Official Statistics of Norway: Fishery Statistics of Norway 1910-1960, Fishery Statistics 1961-1999.Directorate of Fisheries, Sealing (1924-1970), Norwegian Polar Research Institute (Thor Larsen, Population biology of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the Svalbard area, Oslo 1986, Odd Lønø, The polar bear (Ursus maritimus PHIPPS) in the Svalbard area, Oslo 1970, Ian Gjertz and Endre Persen, Confrontations between humans and polar bears in Svalbard, 1987, Polar Research 5 s. 253-256.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/emner/historisk_statistikk/ .

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