BARROW, Alaska -- Nearly 350 miles above the Arctic Circle, a traditional Eskimo feast to celebrate a successful whale hunt is in the making. On the table, chopped-up chunks of wild fowl are ready for ...

Alaska’s vast wilderness has long been a haven for hunters seeking adventure and the chance to pursue big game in one of the most rugged landscapes in the world. For the 2025-2026 hunting season, the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The International Whaling Commission on Tuesday approved extending bowhead whaling quotas for Alaska Eskimos for subsistence hunting. The 76-nation commission voted by consensus to ...

To harvest whales, seals or walruses, Wainwright hunter John Hopson goes out to sea. He leaves the bluff area next to the village and travels farther from shore, where the waves often become rough.

Introduction / Roger K. Harritt, Carol Zane Jolles, and Allen P. McCartney -- The archaeological imagination, zooarchaeological data, the origins of whaling in the western Arctic, and 'old whaling' ...

THE ORCHID HUNTERS—Norman MacDonald—Farrar & Rinehart ($2.75). SALWEEN — Ronald Kaulback —Harcourt, Brace ($3.75). MY ESKIMO LIFE—Paul-Emile Victor —Simon & Schuster ($3). A GUIDE TO ALASKA—Merle ...