Inupiaq whaler stands on a 48 foot 8 inch bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus caught in the Chukchi Sea Arctic Alaska

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Location: Ice edge off of formal called Barrow now Utqiagvik, North Slope, Arctic, Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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