Jacob Lane is among three first-time whaling captains in Point Hope, each of whom landed their first bowhead this season. The captain’s role comes with the responsibility of a community leader ...

[Read part 2: ‘Aġvagpaŋuu!’: 3 first-time whaling captains in Point Hope landed their first whale this season] Subsistence hunters in the village have 12 attempts annually to harpoon the ...

(Photo courtesy of Guy Omnik for the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub) This weekend kicked off the Qaġruq Whaling Festival in Point Hope, where each year, people come from around the ...

Environmental concerns and protection of the traditional whaling culture are definitely top of mind in the region. The two journalists found that the small town of Point Hope was particularly ...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the late Sunday shooting in Point Hope, a remote Inupiat whaling community on Alaska’s northwest ...

In May, Takazawa was on the ice outside Point Hope, chatting with everyone around. After camping with the whaling crews for several days, he was helping them bring the bowhead onshore, joining the ...

Whale bones in Point Hope, Alaska, on May 8 (left) and June 16 at the site where the annual feast marking the end of the whaling season is held Whaling captain Isaac Killigvuk hunts geese in Point ...

A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with two counts each of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the late Sunday shooting in Point Hope, a remote Inupiat whaling community on ...