Posted on 10/06/2014 11:40:07 AM PDT by skeptoid
Bernadette Adams became the first known woman in Barrow history to harpoon a whale, when she struck the bowhead pictured here 20 miles offshore from the Arctic community.
Bernadette Adams remembers pitching fits as a young girl out on the sea ice wanting desperately to go out whaling with her father. With no brothers, her hunting career started at a young age. And last week, she made local history as the first woman in the community to harpoon a bowhead. Usually women dont go out in boats with the whaling crews. And while community members in Barrow are touting her as the first woman to kill a whale, shes actually not sure if thats the case. But it doesnt matter to her either way.
Everyone keeps asking me but I just say I dont know, I dont keep up with that, all I do is go whaling, said Adams, 31, last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
You have to throw it hard enough so the trigger rod will hit the muktuk, she explained. You try your best to kill it as fast as you can. Sometimes that doesnt happen, but we were blessed this time because all it took was one bomb and it died.
The whale died quickly, proving that the throw was well executed. The Ahmaogak crews whale measured in at 27 feet, 6 inches. But before celebrating commenced, the crew tied the front fins together, attaching a float, then used thick rope to tie the tail to the boat.
Picture at the link.
The wonders of the 21st century, a woman decided to go kill a whale.
Grilled Arctic Steak is the BEST ,yum
Congratulations!
Blubber. It’s what’s on the menu!
She looks like she has some inuit in her.
I bet this is gonna make Peta angry...
bomb?
Is that a traditional native Alaskan way to kill a whale?
I never had whale meat, but a friend who claimed he has said it tasted nasty. So which is it?
It tastes like spotted owl.
She blubbered all the way home.
We’re not counting the woman who married Michael Moore, I presume...
My daughter did a summer dental internship in Barrow . The village chief chose her to help butcher a whale , which she did . She also ate whale . They put the blubber in jars and burry it , where it ferments .
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harpoon&redirect=no#Explosive_harpoons
An elderly friend born and raised on the Norwegian coast
says it's lean red meat and not at all offensive.
She’s certainly no Marisa Tomei
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNpS-JDXWm8
Had it one time in a Tokyo tempura (deep fried everything) restaurant. It tasted like the most delicious pork you can imagine. I would not order it myself by choice, for the same reason I would not want to eat monkey or dolphin (too sentient for my taste and conscience), but I would not begrudge hunters and communities who rely on whale for survival continuing their traditional hunting.
Yep...we could start a Politically Correct Wrestling Show! The head dyke in PETA will wrestle this girl for the crime of killing an (OMG) whale. If the whale killer is straight, she has only a 3-count, but if she is also a dyke she gets 4. PETA would be on one side of the arena playing Yes’ Don;t Kill the Whale song real loud and the girls native folks would be on the other side in full regalia. Sort of like Rush’s enviromental whacko pics only with Vince McMahon. I could make a fortune on pay per view!
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