Accent Alaska

Hauling a Bowhead Whale

Barrow, Alaska, The Carcass of a bowhead whale is hauled onto the sea ice from the Chukchi Sea during the annual hunt

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Image Size: 3596x2356 / 5.9MB; http://www.accentalaska.com/; Activity Arctic Alaska Alaska Natives Alaskan Natives Animals Arctic Balaena mysticetus Barrow Bow Bowhead Whale Chukchi Sea Culture Eskimo Inuit Inupiaq Luciana Whitaker Mammal Mammals Marine Mammal Meat Native Culture People with Animal Sea Creatures Yupik activity animal blubber bow head bowhead butchering celebration celebrations community controversial creature cutting dead dweller everyone food group harpooned harvest harvesting head hunting indigenous lifestyle man marine muktuk native ocean people sea seas slicing subsistence tradition traditional traditions village whale whaling whalings wildlife with
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