On the rooftop of the world, the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska,
tells the story of the Iñupiat people. They have thrived for thousands of
years in one of the most extreme climates on Earth, hunting the bowhead, or
"Agviq." In the 19th century, the quiet northern seas swarmed with commercial
whalemen from New England, who also sought the bowhead for its valuable baleen
and blubber.

On the rooftop of the world, the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, tells the story of the Iñupiat people. They have thrived for thousands of years in one of the most extreme climates on Earth, hunting the bowhead, or "Agviq." In the 19th century, the quiet northern seas swarmed with commercial whalemen from New England, who also sought the bowhead for its valuable baleen and blubber.

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