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Clearing the Ice for Passage of Boat

Barrow, Alaska. The community helps clear a path in the icy coatline for the passage of the Umiak, a whale skin boat, on its way to launching after the whale hunt into the Chukchi Sea.

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Barrow, Alaska. The community helps clear a path in the icy coatline for the passage of the Umiak, a whale skin boat, on its way to launching after the whale hunt into the Chukchi Sea.