Native whalers launching umiak

Alaska Native whaling crew setting off in a traditonal umiak to hunt for bowhead whales in the Chukchi Sea, near Barrow

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

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