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6/25/11 Special report from the Arctic Imperative Summit - an interview with Eskimo Whaling Commission vice chair George Noongwook, of Savoonga

By Joaqlin Estus

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kbc/local-kbc-974794.mp3

Anchorage, AK – George Noongwook describes the methods the Siberian Yupik people of St. Lawrence Island use to harvest bowhead whales, the importance of the subsistence harvest to them, and decisions about their allowable quote coming up in 2012 at the International Whaling Commission meeting.