Jacob and his eldest child, Kahlia, portion out and cut their crew’s share of a bowhead whale caught during the spring hunt.
Jacob and Molly Lane outside their home in Point Hope with their youngest child.
Molly boils the braided mixture on the stove top. She learned many traditional dishes, including this one, from her mother-in-law, Della Lane. It happens to be her husband’s favorite, so she’s had lots of experience preparing it.
Molly braids ringed seal intestines and seal fat together.
Molly watches crew members divide up shares of muktuk from the spring whale hunt.
Trails to access the sea ice edge are laboriously cut through pressure ridges of ice that have been built up by shifting currents.
Jacob and Molly’s youngest daughter helps Jacob package seal meat that he has cut up to store.