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Eugene Brower

Inupiaq Elder & Whaling Captain

Inupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower, President, Barrow Whaling Captains Association, Barrow, Alaska, speaks about early days in Barrow, about becoming a harpooner and then whaling captain, about a rogue walrus, an amazing polar bear, a white whale and a whale that showed him and his crew just who is boss.

Early Days

Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower talks about living outside Barrow, Alaska, in the early days. Sod houses, stoves they used, dog sleds, ice skates they made.

Early Days 2

Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower talks about living outside Barrow, Alaska, in the early days. Sod houses, fish storage, bone runners…

Whaling 1:

Brower talks about growing up whaling

As a young boy Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower from Barrow, Alaska, moved up the ranks to Harpooner and finally to whaling captain. On a Sunday in March 2009, he took some time out to talk about whaling

Whaling 2:

Growing up hunting for the bowhead

\As a young boy Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower from Barrow, Alaska, moved up the ranks to Harpooner and finally to whaling captain. On a Sunday in March 2009, he took some time out to talk about whaling

Whaling 3:

From Harpooner to Whaling Captain

As a young boy Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower from Barrow, Alaska, moved up the ranks to Harpooner and finally to whaling captain. On a Sunday in March 2009, he took some time out to talk about whaling

Whaling 4: 1970s from subsistence to cash economy

Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower talks about the changes that have come to the Iñupiaq Eskimo community after oil was struck. From dog sleds to snow machines. The expense of continuing the Eskimo tradition

The Whaling Camp & What the Whales know and see

Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower talks about whaling camp and what the whales see and know and how the whalers must learn to keep quiet and undetected if there is to be a successful hunt.

Amazing Bowhead Whale Stories

Iñupiaq elder, whaling captain, and President of the Barrow Whaling Captains Association, Eugene Brower tells some amazing stories about bowhead whales that he has witnessed when out hunting in the Chukchi Sea, off Barrow, Alaska.

President of the Barrow Whaling Captains Association, Alaska

Eugene talks about being mayor of the city of Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States. And about being president of the Barrow Whaling Captains Association for more than three decades.

Breaking Trail & Finding Whales

Iñupiaq elder, whaling captain, and President of the Barrow Whaling Captains Association, Eugene Brower speaks about breaking trails to the open water during the spring bowhead whale hunt and finding whales

Amazing Story of a Polar Bear on the Ice

Iñupiaq elder and whaling captain Eugene Brower from Barrow, Alaska, tells an amazing polar bear story, something he saw with his father, Harry Brower, Sr. (1924-1992), out on the ice.

Story of a White Whale

Iff the coast of Barrow, Alaska, in the Chukchi Sea, whaling captain Eugene Brower has seen one white whale, and he's seen it multiple times. He knows it by its markings..

Inupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower talks about ice fishing with his father

Eugene's father was Harry Brower, Sr. (1924-1992), out on the ice.

The Story of a Rogue Walrus

Iñupiaq Eskimo elder Eugene Brower talks about confronting a massive rogue walrus out on the ice while hunting whales, Barrow, Alaska.

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Geoff Carroll

Wildlife Biologist

Geoff Carroll, Area Wildlife Biologist for Alaska's Department of Fish and Game, talks about his job looking after the animals in a 56,000 sq mile region on the North Slope.  He also talks about his love of the Arctic, and especially the sea ice, and about his passion for sled dogs.  In 1986, he accompanied Will Steger on a National Geographic sponsored 56-day dog sled expedition to the North Pole.  One of these clips shows Geoff out on the snow and ice his Greenland dogs.

Moving to the Arctic & a Bowhead Whale Census

Wildlife biologist Geoff Carroll in Barrow, Alaska, talks about the extirpation and reintroduction of muskox on the North Slope.

Area Wildlife Biologist

Geoff Carroll, Area Wildlife Biologist for Alaska's Department of Fish and Game, talks about his job looking after all the animals, especially caribou, in a 56,000 sq mile region.

Love of the Arctic, the Sea Ice & the Freedom of Open Spaces but Big Changes Afoot

Geoff talks about the freedom of the open spaces but also about the changes that have come and are coming to the Arctic

Sled Dogs

Geoff Carroll, area wildlife biologist for Alaska's Dept of Fish and Game, hitches up his sled dogs. After taking his sled out onto the ocean ice, Geoff talks a little about Greenland Huskies like the ones he took to the North Pole with Will Steger in 1986.

To the North Pole

In 1986 Geoff helped Will Steger and others reach the North Pole by sled. In the first month they had only gone 100 miles and soon had to shed a great amount of gear in order to reach the pole. From years of working with the Inupiaq Eskimos Geoff knew the ice conditions and helped read the changing ice so that the expedition could make it a successful trip.

Muskox on the North Slope

Wildlife biologist Geoff Carroll in Barrow, Alaska, talks about the extirpation and reintroduction of muskox on the North Slope.

 

Fran Tate

owner of Pepe's

 

Fran Tate, owner, Pepe's North of the Border Mexican Restaurant, Barrow, Alaska

 

Fran #1

Fran Tate of Pepe's North of the Border Mexican Restaurant talks about opening up in Barrow, Alaska

Fran #2

Fran Tate of Pepe's talks about being an electrical engineer and coming to Barrow in the 1970s and the community spirit of the Arctic

Fran #3

Fran's compares growing up in the lower 48 to living here in the Arctic

 

Fran #4

Fran Tate of Pepe's North of the Border Mexican Restaurant gives her take on goose poop..

Fran #5

Fren Tate, Pepe's North of the Border owner, speaks about recent changes in Barrow, Alaska

Fran #6

Fran Tate, owner of Pepe's North of the Border, talks about growing up poor and coming to Barrow decades ago where she ran a sewage and water business while opening her Mexican restaurant.