Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 2 seconds, MPG-1 format. Near the end of the week at Tuapaktusuk, the camp wakes slowly to what will be the busiest day. The ice is close to...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 1 second, MPG-1 format. The boats have been battered by the wind and waves for a couple days. They require repairs and then the entire camp...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 17 seconds, MPG-1 format. The two open boats head out with the first two crews. They will hunt seal for up to several hours before returning...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 45 seconds, MPG-1 format. Amid the ice floes, the ocean is calm as the wave action is damped by the ice. With little wind, the only sounds are...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 9 seconds, MPG-1 format. The outboard hunting boats are piloted quickly but carefully around the ice floes to spots where the boat captains...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 42 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew returns from the hunt as the ice floes close together, pushed by the wind. Paul Bodfish drives his boat...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 1 second, MPG-1 format. Kunnaan makes a special delicacy from the seal blubber and seal intestine. She gets a slab of blubber ready and rinses...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 28 seconds, MPG-1 format. Jana Harchauk (Nagruk) prepares a portion of the intestine where one must first remove the contents of the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 8 seconds, MPG-1 format. Steven has caught his first bearded seal. It is hooked with a rope so that it can be pulled out of the boat. The seal...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 2 minutes and 18 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. Paul Bodfish makes an incision through the center from the belly on up from below the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 43 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. A cut is carefully made through the sternum and ribcage. The ribs are good to eat; the...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 32 seconds, MPG-1 format. The crew butchers the seal. One has to remove the excess blood into a container. Vernon Brower (Pauyuueraq) helps...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 4 seconds, MPG-1 format. The camp ladies begin to separate the blubber from the skin, all the while being sure that the ulus are kept sharp....
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 34 seconds, MPG-1 format. It is time to break camp and haul the gear down to the beach. The tents and tarps are folded for the journey back to...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 13 seconds, MPG-1 format. Because of the storms and the need to ground the boats, Paul Bodfish's boat suffered from a clogged waterline....
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 43 seconds, MPG-1 format. With Paul's Boat fixed, the three boats head back to Barrow. The boats made very good time following the ice edge until it became...