Waiting Whaler

Barrow, Alaska, Member of a native whaling crew waiting in a traditional umiak on the edge of the Chukchi Sea ice. The umiak will be launched when a bowhead whale is spotted close enough to shore.

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Alaska Alaska native Alaskan Arctic Barrow Hunt Inuit Inupiaq Inupiat Luciana Whitaker Marine Mammal North Slope Borough Northernmost city in North America Point Barrow Spring Umiak Utqiagvik annual boat camp camped out camping community forklift heritage hunter indigenous kil killer launch native sulture oomiac oomiak sea ice subsistence team tradition traditional cultural umiac umiaq waiting whale whale camp whale hunt whaling

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