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Leaving for Whaling Camp

Barrow, Alaska, Native Alaskan whalers transporting a traditional umiak across sea ice by modern snowmachines to a whaling camp nearer the open water

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Alaska Alaska native Alaskan Arctic Barrow Hunt Inuit Inupiaq Inupiat Luciana Whitaker Marine Mammal North Slope Borough Northernmost city in North America Point Barrow Snow Mobile Snow machine Spring Umiak Utqiagvik advance annual boat change community easier forklift heritage hunter indigenous kil killer launch men modern native sulture oomiac oomiak sea ice sled snowmachine snowmobile subsistence team tradition traditional cultural transport transporting umiac umiaq whale whale camp whale hunt

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