Northwest History. Alaska. Eskimos.

An Arctic Delicatessen In Open Air. An Arctic Delicatessen in Open Air Short shrift for the whale that calls at Point Barrow. Packing houses which use all of a pig but its squeal could learn from the Eskimo who uses all the whale -- particularly its blubber. A whale is light, heat, food, whalebone a...

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Language:English
Published: 1926
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Summary:An Arctic Delicatessen In Open Air. An Arctic Delicatessen in Open Air Short shrift for the whale that calls at Point Barrow. Packing houses which use all of a pig but its squeal could learn from the Eskimo who uses all the whale -- particularly its blubber. A whale is light, heat, food, whalebone and "muk-tuk," an arctic delicacy consisting of lumps of skin and fat. "For Eskimo good -- for white man spoiled," an arctic citizen told Ben Eielson, pilot of the Detroit arctic expedition when Eielson turned up his nose at a portion. This photograph of "butchering day" was made by Tom Brower, son of Charles Brower, "the king of Barrow," who operates the trading post of Liebe & Co. (Copyright, N. A. Newspaper Alliance.)