Title from album caption. Eskimo boy dressed in western clothing carrying a small pail. Tent community, including an umiak and a dog is visible in background. Taken between 1911 and 1920.
Showing baleen. Whale is being partially butchered (some strips of maktak have been removed) while still in the water, so that it will be lighter and easier to pull up onto the ice. Whaling camp with canvas tent, skin boat (umiak), and hunting...
Hunters, umiaks, tents. Whale shares laid out and being loaded onto sleds for transport back to town. Dogs harnessed up and ready to go are visible in the background. Whale blubber was used for fuel and feeding dogs. The sleds were made from...
View of high tundra-covered bluff with frontal erosion. Photo taken in summer, despite woman's winter clothing and winter boots (white skins on sides, black in front). Drying racks of a sod house are visible in background. Location of bluffs is...
Man on the left uses a tool that resembles a metal garden hoe. The other men are using metal scraping tools, called "tuggaun" in Iñupiaq, which are the same tools used to butcher a whale. Scraping is made easier by freezing the skin.
Taking the boat and gear out onto the ice to set up whale camp. Men, Umiak and sled, sled dogs on ice. One dog team is pulling the boat on a sled, and the other is pulling a sled load of gear. Photo taken while stopping for a rest.