Whale hunting, 1951-1959.
Collection Name
Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Muktuk Marston Film Collection
Identifier
AAF-1548
Title
Whale hunting , 1951-1959 .
Description
35 second , color/silent , film clip of a whale hunt , 1951-1959 . The men look for whales with the aid of a telescope , shoot a small white whale , pull it to shore with some type of grappling hook , and eventually pull it onto shore with ropes . A spear is stuck in the ice where the men work .
Subject.TGM
Whaling Ice Spears Fishing & hunting gear Men Telescopes Indigenous peoples
Subject.LCSH
Parkas
Subject.Local
Alaska Natives--Northern Alaska--Inupiaq Ethnotechnology
Location
Bering Sea
Region
Northern Alaska
Time Period
1939 to 1959
Date
1951 - 1959
Type
MovingImage
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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