Whaling captain, crewman die in capsize off Utqiagvik

[Steerpike]

http://www.ktva.com/story/39252313/whaling-captain-crew-member-die-in-capsize-off-utqiagvik

Two men died Sunday during a whaling excursion near Alaska’s northernmost city Sunday, with few details immediately available on what happened.

According to the Arctic Sounder newspaper, a whaling captain and a crew member were killed during the capsize near Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow. They were in a boat which was on a tow line, and towing a whale to shore in turn, when their craft flipped in rough water.

[democratisphere]

1. Why are whales still being killed?!

[Steerpike]

2. for food

have been for hundreds of years

[Bluepinky]

3. It's hard to drum up sympathy for these whalers.

Just because the natives have always hunted whales doesn’t mean they should be allowed to keep doing it. Times have changed.

[Steerpike]

4. ever been to barrow?

times are pretty much the same there...native american's have their traditional ways to gather food in the most extreme of environments...

[Bluepinky]

5. No, I haven't. I try to stay open minded, but some things are just wrong.

I know it’s their tradition, but can’t traditions change over time?

[janterry]

6. Yes, they can

and imo - they should.

[Steerpike]

7. what the heck are they supposed to eat?

Geez...they live in one of the most northern habitable places in the world...most of their food they have to hunt for themselves. It's not like there's a fred meyers or a krogers down the street...

I'm just assuming you have no idea or cannot even fathom their lives and that's why you sell them so cheaply...

look up barrow on the map or maybe wiki it...yeah maybe they should all move to cleveland

[2naSalit]

8. +1

[democratisphere]

9. Agreed.

There must be a substitute for whale blubber.