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Steerpike

(2,693 posts)
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:26 PM Oct 2018

Whaling captain, crewman die in capsize off Utqiagvik

http://www.ktva.com/story/39252313/whaling-captain-crew-member-die-in-capsize-off-utqiagvik

Two men died Sunday during a whaling excursion near Alaska’s northernmost city Sunday, with few details immediately available on what happened.

According to the Arctic Sounder newspaper, a whaling captain and a crew member were killed during the capsize near Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow. They were in a boat which was on a tow line, and towing a whale to shore in turn, when their craft flipped in rough water.
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Whaling captain, crewman die in capsize off Utqiagvik (Original Post) Steerpike Oct 2018 OP
Why are whales still being killed?! democratisphere Oct 2018 #1
for food Steerpike Oct 2018 #2
It's hard to drum up sympathy for these whalers. Bluepinky Oct 2018 #3
ever been to barrow? Steerpike Oct 2018 #4
No, I haven't. I try to stay open minded, but some things are just wrong. Bluepinky Oct 2018 #5
Yes, they can janterry Oct 2018 #6
what the heck are they supposed to eat? Steerpike Oct 2018 #7
+1 2naSalit Oct 2018 #8
Agreed. democratisphere Oct 2018 #9

Bluepinky

(2,335 posts)
3. It's hard to drum up sympathy for these whalers.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:35 PM
Oct 2018

Just because the natives have always hunted whales doesn’t mean they should be allowed to keep doing it. Times have changed.

Steerpike

(2,693 posts)
4. ever been to barrow?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:39 PM
Oct 2018

times are pretty much the same there...native american's have their traditional ways to gather food in the most extreme of environments...

Bluepinky

(2,335 posts)
5. No, I haven't. I try to stay open minded, but some things are just wrong.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:45 PM
Oct 2018

I know it’s their tradition, but can’t traditions change over time?

Steerpike

(2,693 posts)
7. what the heck are they supposed to eat?
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 12:58 PM
Oct 2018

Geez...they live in one of the most northern habitable places in the world...most of their food they have to hunt for themselves. It's not like there's a fred meyers or a krogers down the street...

I'm just assuming you have no idea or cannot even fathom their lives and that's why you sell them so cheaply...

look up barrow on the map or maybe wiki it...yeah maybe they should all move to cleveland

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