Inupiaq subsistence whaler from the Hopson 1 crew watches a bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus swim by during spring whaling

---

Inupiaq subsistence whaler from the Hopson 1 crew watches a bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus swim by during spring whaling season Chuckchi Sea Barrow Alaska

---

Size: 5120px × 3401px
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: Yes

Keywords: adult, ak, alaska, america, animal, arctic, baleen, barrow, blow, bowhead, change, chukchi, climate, crew, eskimo, fauna, global, hole, horizontal, hunter, hunting, ice, inupiaq, inupiat, lead, mammal, man, marine, native, north, pack, people, person, profile, sea, snow, spring, subsistence, swimming, threatened, tradition, warming, water, whale, whaler, whaling, wildlife, wolf