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Whale hunting, 1951-1959.

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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.original	1951 - 1959
Type	MovingImage
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
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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