Polar bear are no less an important commodity today, especially for Inuit with limited access to wage employment, as in many Nunavut communities up to half the adult men are either unemployed or limited to casual and/or seasonal work. Thus, the money received for polar bear, either from sales through fur auctions in southern Canada (in 2006 polar bear sold for approximately CDN$150.00 per foot) or to private buyers (ave. received price approx. CDN$2,500.00) is not insignificant in a territory where the average annual per capita income for Inuit is less than CDN$20,000 and a liter of milk as much as $5.25, a kilogram of ground beef up to $10.00 and a box of twenty .30-06 cal bullets may be $40.00. In peak market years, the export of 200–250 polar bear hides from Nunavut infused close to CDN$465,000.00 into Nunavut communities and into the hands of Nunavummiut hunters. Thus, accessing money from a traditional resource like polar bear not only has important dietary and cultural import, but also substantial monetary economic benefit that can assist in the support of other traditional food activities, from fishing and sealing to caribou hunting.