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Kiliii Yuyan, photographer
Julie Hau, National Geographic, photo editor
National Geographic, client

“An umiaq skin boat rests on the tuvaq, or edge of the sea ice, in Utqiagvik, Alaska, in April 2018. Traditional Iñupiaq whaling is practiced in tune with the unpredictable weather of the Arctic. Wind has pushed floating ice near the shore-fast ice, and the whalers must wait until it shifts again—sometimes weeks later.”

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