A butchered bowhead whale can yield thousands of pounds of food. The ninit—community shares of meat and blubber—are apportioned equitably to ensure that everyone benefits from a successful hunt.
These whales are also known to migrate seasonally, traveling to the edge of the ice in search of food and returning to their breeding grounds when the ice begins to melt. The bowhead whale's ...
Bowhead whales are among the largest and longest-living ... self-sustained oscillation" that balances the need for food at depths with the need for oxygen at the surface, the researchers used ...