Inupiaq subsistence whalers pull shares of blubber from a bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus catch out on the pack ice Alaska

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Inupiaq subsistence whalers and residents of Barrow Alaska come together out on the pack ice to assist a crew that has caught a bowhead whale during spring whaling season Chukchi Sea

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Size: 5050px × 3355px
Location: Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean Utqiagvik Barrow North Slope Brooks Range Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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