inupiaq whaler tows a seal skin boat out to the edge of an open lead during spring whaling season

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Size: 5088px × 3392px
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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