Ka Mark J. Spalding, Mopresidente, The Ocean Foundation

Leetong la morao-rao la ho ea Maine, ke bile le monyetla oa ho etela lipontšo tse peli setsing sa pokello ea nalane ea Bowdoin College ea Peary-McMillan Arctic. One a bitswa Meea ea Naha, Moea le Metsi: Antler Carvings ho tsoa ho Robert le Judith Toll Collection, ’me e ’ngoe e ne e bitsoa Animal Allies: Inuit Views of the Northern World. Litšoantšo tse betliloeng tsa Inuit le litšoantšo tse bontšitsoeng li hlolla. Lintho tse entsoeng ka matsoho le mongolo o khothatsang ka har'a pontšo, hammoho le linepe tsa Bill Hess li tšehetsa lipontšo tse ntle.

Nakong ena ea selemo, ho ne ho loketse ka ho khethehileng ho tloaelana le Sedna, ’mè oa libōpuoa tsohle tsa metsing tsa tšōmong ea Inuit. Phetolelo e 'ngoe ea pale ena e bolela hore e kile ea e-ba motho 'me hona joale o lula botebong ba leoatle, a itetse ka monoana o mong le o mong ho tlatsa leoatle. Menoana ea fetoha ea pele ea litiiso, li-walrus, le libōpuoa tse ling tsa leoatle. Ke eena ea hlokomelang le ho sireletsa libōpuoa tsohle tsa leoatle le eena ea etsang qeto ea hore na ba tla thusa batho ba itšetlehileng ka bona joang. Ke eena ea etsang qeto ea hore na liphoofolo li tla ba teng moo batho ba li hlokang ba tsomang teng. 'Me ke batho ba lokelang ho hlompha le ho hlompha Sedna le libōpuoa ka ho nka ha bona. Litšōmo tsa Inuit li tsoela pele ho bolela hore phoso e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe ea motho e silafatsa moriri oa hae le ’mele oa hae, ’me ka hona, e lematsa libōpuoa tse tlhokomelong ea hae.

Ha re ntse re ithuta haholoanyane ka litlamorao tsa ho futhumala ha maoatle, phetoho ea pH, libaka tse nang le hypoxic, le ho phahama ha maemo a leoatle mabōpong a tlokotsing a leboea, karolo ea Sedna ea ho re hopotsa boikarabello ba rona ba ho holisa botle ba leoatle e ba bohlokoa le ho feta. Ho tloha Hawaii ho ea ho Maori a New Zealand, ho tloha Greece ho ea Japane, ho pholletsa le meetlo eohle e lebōpong la leoatle, litšōmo tsa batho li tiisa molao-motheo ona oa bohlokoa oa kamano ea batho le leoatle.

Bakeng sa Letsatsi la Bo-'mè, re hlompha bao le bona ba lakatsang ho hlompha le ho hlokomela libōpuoa tsa leoatle.