Bringing the fall whale home, part 4: The community gets fed

Inside the Patkotak workshop, where frames are made, skins stretched onto umiaks, sleds built and

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Bringing home the whale, part 3: A boy becomes a man - throws the harpoon, carries the flag; whale is cut, divided

Before last year, Tavvin Leavitt and his brothers had gone whaling every year with their

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Bringing home the whale, part 2: Tattoo of whale tails created in honor of ancestor taken by museum; three whales are brought home

When he was a young teen, Qaiyaan Harcharek wanted a tattoo, but his mom told him, "not before

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Bringing the fall whale home, part 1: The hunt

Ben grips the harpoon as he scans the water ahead, hoping the

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Preview to Barrow fall whaling story: Early morning with Savik Crew on the Beaufort

In the back of the boat, Roy's son, Ben Hopson, prepares the

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