Accent Alaska

Bowhead Whale Butchering

Barrow, Alaska, an experienced native whaler shows younger men how to butcher a bowhead whale killed during the annual hunt

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Image Size: 3600x2392 / 8.0MB; 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 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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