bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus being butchered by Inupiat whalers on the frozen Chukchi Sea

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Size: 5120px × 3401px
Location: Utqiagvik Barrow eastern Chukchi Sea National Petroleum Reserves North Slope Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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