It was an Inuit whale hunter who first spotted them: three juvenile California gray whales, trapped in frozen seas near Point ...
The author traveled out on the ice of the Arctic Ocean to witness Inupiat whalers hunting bowhead whales, thereby providing food for the community and preserving an ancient practice.
It’s a long way from the Bronx to Barrow. It’s even farther from Fairbanks to Ghana. Lewis Shapiro covered a lot of ground during his 90 years. Shapiro, a sea-ice expert here at the Geophysical ...
Playing the final game up north in 2025, the Barrow Whalers punched their ticket to the DIII State Title game, overcoming a ...