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The Whale Hunt
Visual artist Jonathan Harris goes on an incredible quest to document an Alaskan tribal whale hunt. He discusses how a group of men slay a 40 ton whale with a handheld harpoon and how whale meat sustains the Inupiat Eskimos for a year. Harris details his Alaskan experience on his website, The Whale Hunt .
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readVisual artist Jonathan Harris goes on an incredible quest to document an Alaskan tribal whale hunt. He discusses how a group of men slay a 40 ton whale with a handheld harpoon and how whale meat sustains the Inupiat Eskimos for a year. Harris details his Alaskan experience on his website, The Whale Hunt. He is a polymath who combines elements of computer science, anthropology, visual arts and storytelling. To learn more about his other fascinating work, you can visit his Number 27 web site.
The full episode
4 of 8
No Knead Bread; Milk Bank; Cute Food; Whale Hunt- 0:00Market Report
- 7:28Culinary School Slaughter
- 14:10Breast Milk Bank
- 19:42The Whale HuntYou’re reading this
- 28:24Fish as Feed
- 35:05Feeding Hungry Children
- 43:30No Knead Bread
- 50:56Face Food
The full episode
4 of 8No Knead Bread; Milk Bank; Cute Food; Whale Hunt- 0:00Market Report
- 7:28Culinary School Slaughter
- 14:10Breast Milk Bank
- 19:42The Whale HuntYou’re reading this
- 28:24Fish as Feed
- 35:05Feeding Hungry Children
- 43:30No Knead Bread
- 50:56Face Food