(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 ...

The spirit of collaboration and sharing spread across the Arctic as the communities of Point Hope, Nuiqsut, Wainwright, Point Lay, Kaktovik and Utqiagvik celebrated whaling feasts last month.

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 ...

The shooting took place in Point Hope, an Inupiat whaling community above the Arctic Circle with a population of less than 900 people. According to charging documents obtained by the Associated ...

Agencies visited Point Hope in March to discuss plans for the ... Oomittuk has spent most his life whaling, and said that if the community is unsure–or can’t trust–what the government ...

To compensate, Point Hope whaling captains have use of three walk-in freezers that were donated for use by the whaling community. But the much colder freezers do not impart the taste of aged whale ...

She's the former mayor of Point Hope, Alaska, which she calls the whaling capital. "We rely on the whale, the bowhead whale," she said. "It is our identity. It is who we are, and the thought of ...

There were once at least 50 ice cellars in Point Hope, an Inupiat whaling village built on a triangular spit surrounded by a large inlet and the Chukchi and Arctic oceans. Now, fewer than 20 ...

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 ...