Balaena mysticetusThe Anchorage Daily News features a report this morning about a successful weekend whale hunt in the village of Barrow - the northernmost community in the United States. According to the story, whalers struck their target soon after first light on Saturday morning. Meghan and I received word of the successful hunt about twelve hours later in Anchorage. As we were standing in line to purchase movie tickets two teen girls where in line next to us. One looked up from a cell phone and said "awesome, they got four whales!" The other girl shared her enthusiasm then both girls stood silent, pondering something amid the flash and noise of the multiplex.
A mural in downtown Anchorage features a bowhead cow and calf.
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