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James Koonaloak (left) and Michael Thomas (right) outside the science division at Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation, an agency in Utqiag• vik that provides logistics support to numerous science projects in the Alaskan Arctic below :
Alaska author Don Rearden (left) interviews Utqiag• vik resident Craig George (right) on the coast of Arctic Ocean. I traveled to Utqiag• vik with Rearden as he was doing research for a new whaling novel. George is a well-known expert on bowhead whales and a senior wildlife biologist with the North Slope Borough.
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