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 would too, if you had to push such a heavy whale-barrow.
I bet it nearly killed you trying to figure out where to use that pun...
Thanks for taking the harpoons for using that term before I got to post something .....
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