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Visiting an Ice Cellar

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Title	Visiting an Ice Cellar
Creator	Weyiouanna, Dick
Contributors	Northern Journeys Topp, Roger (Photography and Editing). Produced with the assistance of Dick Weyiouanna.
Collection Name	Education Multimedia
Identifier	UAM-ED04-V02-0002
Description	Weyiouanna, Dick (photographer). Video, 2:03 minutes MPG format. In January of 2002, Dick Weyiouanna 19s Inupiat language class explored a Barrow ice cellar, a pit dug into the tundra and owned by whaling captain, Bill Aishanna. Whales give themselves to whalers who respect the animal and treat it properly. This reverence continues each year when the whaling crews clean out their ice cellars, the places where maktak and whale meat are kept frozen at about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. They remove the old meat and share with elders and those in need. They pick away old, dirty ice from the floor and walls and replace it with a layer of fresh, new snow. In this video, one can see different whale meats, fish, and wild bird stored in the ice cellar.
Location	Barrow (Alaska)
Region	Northern Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Date.original	January 2002
Type	Moving images
Ordering and Use	Terms of Copyright and Use; http://www.uaf.edu/museum/molinet/copyright.html
Holding Institution	UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu
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