This footage is a bit shocking for some, but I must remind people that this is a subsistence style of living and it is unfair of western culture to impose their predilections upon another societies. This is simply a view of living history. I do not condone or condemn subsistence whale hunts…
For more from the captain who shot the video, visit Alaska Dispatch. http://www.alaskadispatch.com/video/video-join-bering-sea-bowhead-whale-hunt-close-view