After walking a ways onto the Arctic ice, we found the whale! Whalers put a flag up on their boats when they get a whale. They were waiting to pull it onto the ice.
Pulling the whale to straighten it out. We didn't get many pictures of the actual pulling, because we were all pulling and couldn't take pictures! You can, however, trust me. It was amazing.
The whale is on the ice! The kiddos had to test out the blubber!
The mouth of the whale. That is baleen, the whale's "teeth." This what filters the food into its mouth. Yes, we touched the inside of the mouth!
Whale belly!
The men started butchering the whale as soon as it was on the ice. Lots of blood.
After cutting, they stabbed hooks into the blubber and pulled it down, away from the whale. Seriously, lots of blood.
Here we are (well some of us), after our hard work! We are so honored to have had the opportunity to join the Native community in pulling in the first whale!
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