Rooftop of the World

On the rooftop of the world, the Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, tells the story of the Inupiat people. They have thrived for thousands of years in one of the harshest climates on Earth, hunting the bowhead, or Agviq. In the 19th century, these lonely seas swarmed with commercial whalemen from New England, who also sought the bowhead for its valuable baleen and blubber. - NPS