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Welcome to the official web site of mystery author Stan Jones! Bowhead
whaling at Point Hope
Point Hope is a very ancient Inupiat Eskimo whaling village located north of Kotzebue on a finger of land pointing into the Chukchi Sea. |
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Welcome to the official web site of mystery author Stan Jones! Bowhead
whaling at Point Hope
Point Hope is a very ancient Inupiat Eskimo whaling village located north of Kotzebue on a finger of land pointing into the Chukchi Sea. |
 Point Hope whaler |
 Landing a bowhead whale, Point Hope |
 Three whalers,
Point Hope |
 Raising the U.S. flag after a bowhead
is caught |
 Sharpening the flenser to cut up the
bowhead |
 Out of respect for the bowhead, the
jawbone is returned to the sea |
 After a successful season, the whalers
celebrate the nulukatuk feast. |