Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

ABOUT TEARSHEETS CONTACT FEATURED/People of the Whale MOTION/Prayer for the Whale MOTION/Teshekpuk Lake MOTION/Arctic Autumn EDITORIAL/Gates of the Arctic EDITORIAL/Arctic Flyway EDITORIAL/Women of the Iditarod EDITORIAL/Masks of Grief and Joy EDITORIAL/Rare Earth Greenland EDITORIAL/Living Wild EDITORIAL/Navajo Nation EDITORIAL/Greenland Renewed EDITORIAL/Standing Rock EDITORIAL/The Arctic Falcon FINE ART/Chukotka FINE ART/Islandia EDITORIAL/California Indigenous Fire FINE ART/Cnidarians PUBLIC SPEAKING/NatGeo Season of the Whale PUBLIC SPEAKING/George Eastman Museum PUBLIC SPEAKING/NatGeo Kiliii & Jen Samuel BUY PRINTS > BLOG > FINE ART/Rumors of Arctic Belonging PUBLIC SPEAKING/NatGeo Sovereignty EDITORIAL/Octopus' Garden FEATURED/We Are Here EDITORIAL/Sea Otter Rebound FINE ART/Thin Places

WHLB-007

Seven-year old Steven Reich examines his father's umiaq, or skinboat used for whaling. His father Qallu, captain of Yugu crew, expresses nervous excitement to bring Steven out whaling on the ice for the first time: "I am proud of my son; he's here to learn to be a hunter." Despite the enthusiasm, Qallu is anxious about safely reading the changing conditions of the ice.

6 of 41 next