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

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Biologists take measurements of bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus blubber and skin density out on the pack ice over the Chukchi Sea off the coastal arctic village of Barrow Alaska

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Location: Chukchi Sea Arctic Ocean Utqiagvik Barrow North Slope Brooks Range Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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