Alaska Native whaler with Umiak

Barrow, Alaska, Alaska Native whaler prepares his umiak with harpoon and buoy for the annual bowhead whale hunt in the Chukchi Sea

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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 Weapon annual boat community forklift harpoon heritage hunter indigenous kil killer launch native sulture oomiac oomiak sea ice subsistence team tradition traditional cultural umiac umiaq whale whale camp whale hunt

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