David Hickok

On October 21, David Hickok, Director of the Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center of the University of Alaska presented to the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences a critique of the information provided for the International Whaling Commission and upon which it based its determination to impose a moratorium upon Inupiat whaling.The report was prepared by Dr. Lawrence Underwood of the staff of AEIDC and was reviewed by other wildlife staff experts including Hickok.
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In his cover letter sent with the study, Hickok reported: "As a member of the Alaska scientific community and a member of this board, I am greatly distressed by the actions of the government agencies involved in this issue.Factual analysis has been minimal.
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In summary, Hickok wrote in his letter: "The allegations of a decline (of bowhead numbers) cannot be substantiated and, in fact, the contrary might be true."

The AEWC is being assisted in the organization of this special Scientific committee by David Hickok, director of the University of Alaska's Arctic Environmental Information and Data Center.Hickok is a prominent member of the NAS Polar Research Board.