The bowhead whales are coming, and for Alaska`s Eskimos things don`t get much better than that-except for catching one of the seagoing behemoths, which can weigh 60 tons. Catching one means there`s ...
Subsistence hunting and fishing are always a contentious issue within the state of Alaska, but now the International Whaling Commission has stomped on the necks or should I say dinner tables of the ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Research on one of the oldest-living mammals - the bowhead whale - has helped preserve a primary food source for Eskimos in the far reaches of Alaska, and also may provide a ...