Anne Jensen
About
Expeditions:
Nuvuk Archaeology Studies
Occupation:
Researcher
Organization:
UIC Science, LLC
Anne Jensen is an archaeologist with the Science Division of the Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation in Barrow, Alaska. She has worked on archaeological projects in northern Alaska since the early 1980s, and she and her family have lived in Barrow since the mid-1990s.
The photo is from a celebration called "Nalukataq" which is held by successful whaling captians after spring whaling. The person is being tossed on a blanket made out of the covering of an "umiaq" or skin boat, which is made of bearded seal skin, since this photo was taken...{read more}