Breaking Trail in Barrow for Whaling !! (delivery, activities, office)

[JessE86]

posted by FLOYD DAVIDSON: A couple of points need clarification. One is that a bowhead whale has about a 1 foot thick layer of blubber, and the rest of it is meat. That's a lot of blubber, but there's more meat than blubber

After consulting with EXPERTS (whaling captains) !! I will post a photograph of a 25 foot whale, all divided up, it took 14 hours to cut up and divide this whale.

The meat is mixed in with the blubber on the right, and some on the left side, 400 pounds per person for barrow, Oh my, that is so out of proportion to what the actual truth really is.

According to many whaling captains .. .. there is very little meat on a whale. I will provide the proof !!




After everything has been cut off, here is what remains, the skull or head bone. This is thrown back into the ocean (Point Hope) and much rejoicing takes place, more so then when they harvested the whale!!





I have lived with, among the Inupiaq people for 30 years time. I sit at their feet, eyes wide open in amazement as they have told me time and time again, that which I have posted, I am very tired of hearing a white man constantly telling me I am wrong !

For those of you who are in Barrow - just ask any elder !!

[JessE86]

The phone numbers for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission are :

907 852 - 2392 or 2393

[mal_flisk]

Jesse, I wouldn't have posted those, as PETA pri**s can be such a pain the the derriere. They get a hold of those and nothing but prank calls all day long.

[JessE86]

I appreciate your concern. but those are NOT PRIVATE phone numbers they are PUBLIC !!

AND .... ... for what it is worth, Peta destroys 96 % of animals they rescue !!

[DreamChasers8]

Originally Posted by warptman

Aqha, Jess' tales are as tall as Floyd's.

Joe, What have you got against Jess? Just curious!

[JessE86]

A happy hunter displays his first duck of the season !!




Charles is preparing the food for tonights meal !! (another call to arctic pizza for me) !



Time to get back to work on the trail !!



Here is one of the markers, that is sighted to determine which way the ice is moving. These are lined up in a row across a great distance, you need binoculars to see the 'line' of markers out here.



It is much to hot out here now, messy, and dangerous, it is very easy to fall through the ice. (fingers crossed).




Jesse fell in once, a few years ago. It was below zero, lucky for him he had a [pack pack nearby and changed, came home exhausted and fell asleep






this was the image, that inspired me to name my blog "A BLOG OF ICE"

you can see an umiaq, in the background, waiting for a whale to give itself over to the captain ( it never happend) !!

[Hasdrubal]

thanks, beautiful. But why didn't you post the pics of the actual hunt? All you show is the whale's carcass floating

[JessE86]

WE HAVEN'T got that far yet.. this year !! stay tuned, as it happens I will post it !!!

I will put you in that umiaq ! with videos.. .. I have new videos... .. I have to process them and upload etc. (soon) they are long(er) than the others, but here, you will hear from the Captains themselves, their stories !!

I had to post that photo to show how little meat is actually on a whale, very little. those are the captains words.. .. not mine.. an exact quote !!

day by day, photos are being taken, in fact there are two white gentlemen up here from Tenn. for this hunt. They came up for one reason.. .. yes they have cameras. but, the main purpose for their invite. they want to work. they want to experince the work !! FIRST HAND !!

gAzILLONS of photographs are on the way !! .. .. so stay !! and have phun !!

[JessE86]

Food for the inupiaq people(s), for over 3,000 years. Who else has a documented history of that length of time ?? wow !!!

Here is a flipper or fluke being brought out to the camp site from one of the whales that was caught last fall. This piece will feed the crew, small portions daily, for the many weeks we have left. but with this heat, I am very skeptical. We need strong East winds that are very cold.

30 below or colder.. ..




The tail is all 'blubber, the fins, flukes, flippers are 100% blubber, the only meat, is on the chest, for a 25 foot whale - (teenager) about a wheel barrow full. Tavra (that's all).

[JessE86]

Back to work, on the trail, from camp site to the lead. We do not know where, when it will break open again. We need strong cold winds ( to make the ice thicker).