Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Arctic Sounder in May 2022. When late Utqiagvik Elder Warren Matumeak began to document whaling trails, he sketched a handwritten map of the ...

Seen from an aerial view, engineers reinforce the sea wall on August 10, 2023 in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Located along the Arctic Ocean, Utqiagvik is the northernmost settlement in the United States.

Quincy Adams slices through bowhead whale meat to distribute to his family and community members in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), AK on April 24, 2024. (Valerie Lake/Alaska Public Media). For the Aaluk ...

Median noise levels will nearly quadruple across the pan-Arctic by 2030, relative to levels measured in 2019, according to a report produced by the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment and the ...

The bowhead whale hunt is an essential cultural and subsistence tradition for the Inupiat of Alaska's North Slope. It dates back at least 1,500 years, and annual harvests can supply families with ...

For the Aaluk Crew, April 24 was cooking day. The night before, the whaling crew, captained by Bernadette and Quincy Adams, had landed the first bowhead whale of Utqiaġvik’s spring season. The crew ...