Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit man hold his hand under the midnight sun in the Chukchi Sea, off shore from the arctic village of Barrow, Alaska, USA. April 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Sunrise from out on the pack ice, outside the Inupiaq village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Sun setting as a blizzard freezes the landscape outside the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew prepare to paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman with Sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys nelma) caught through a hole in pack ice over the Chukchi Sea, for the village elders of Kotzebue, Alaska, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Rifles used by Inupiaq for hunting whales, seals and birds, hidden behind a snow blind on the pack ice, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter looking for Ringed seals (Phoca hispida) on pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter resting after dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski,Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch in the village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, North Slope, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Silhouette of Inupiaq subsistence whalers at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice, looking for passing bowhead whales as the mid-day sun follows the horizon. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arc...

Steven Kazlowski / Silhouette of Inupiaq subsistence whalers at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice, looking for passing bowhead whales as the mid-day sun follows the horizon. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arc...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whaler stands on jumbled ice at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice to look for passing bowhead whales, during spring whaling season. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers try to catch a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) from their umiak in an open lead in the pack ice. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic coast of Alaska, April 2012.

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers prepare to pull up a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch along the edge of the open lead in the pack ice. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic coast of Alaska, Ap...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers break open a hole in the pack ice using a harpoon along the edge of an open lead, during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic coast of Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whaler stands on jumbled ice at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice to look for passing bowhead whales, during spring whaling season. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers paddle their umiak, or bearded seal skin boat, to find passing bowhead whales traveling through the open lead, during spring whaling season. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barr...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers bring their umiak - bearded seal skin boat - back onto the edge of an open lead in the pack ice, during spring whaling season. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic coa...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers in their umiak - bearded seal skin boat - watch a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow and cub travel along the edge of the open lead in the pack ice, during spring whaling sea...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers paddle their umiak - or bearded seal skin boat - and break thin ice forming in the open lead, allowing for passing bowhead whales during spring whaling season. Chukchi Sea,...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers get into their umiak - or bearded seal skin boat - in order to break thin ice forming in the open lead, allowing for passing bowhead whales during spring whaling season. Ch...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whaler at the front of an umiak - or bearded seal skin boat - spots a whale from the edge of an open lead in the pack ice during spring whaling season. Chukchi Sea, offshore from B...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers with an umiak - a bearded seal skin boat - wait at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice and look for whales. Chukchi Sea, offshore from Barrow, Arctic coast of Alaska,...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) standing on top of a dead Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) left by Inupiaq subsistence whalers, Barter Island, off the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Re...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq subsistence hunters head out on the Chukchi Sea to hunt Bearded seals, outside the arctic village of Point Lay, Alaska, USA, June 2011

Steven Kazlowski / Pieces of Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) blubber from an adult seal caught by subsistence hunters in the Chukchi Sea, Point Lay, Alaska, USA, June

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman processes a Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught by subsistence hunters in the Chukchi Sea, in the arctic village of Point Lay, Alaska. The meat and blubber will be eaten and...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman processes a Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) caught by subsistence hunters in the Chukchi Sea, in the arctic village of Point Lay, Alaska. The meat and blubber will be eaten and...

Steven Kazlowski / Crosses, marking grave sites at a cemetery in the Inupiaq village of Point Lay, slump from melting permafrost, along the arctic coast of Alaska, USA, June 2011

Steven Kazlowski / Landscape of sea ice flowing through an open lead in the pack ice. This is potentially dangerous for Inupiaq whalers and hunters. If the ice should push up against the main pack, sections may break of...

Steven Kazlowski / Landscape of sea ice flowing through an open lead in the pack ice. This is potentially dangerous for Inupiaq whalers and hunters. If the ice should push up against the main pack, sections may break of...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) large boar scavenging a Bowhead Whale carcass left by Inupiaq subsistence hunters along the Arctic coast of Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead whale, (Balaena mysticetus) catch on the pack ice during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska. May 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Residents from the Inupiaq arctic village of Barrow along with subsistence whalers pull a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch onto the pack ice using a block and tackle pulley system, Chukchi Sea...

Steven Kazlowski / Residents from the Inupiaq arctic village of Barrow along with subsistence whalers pull a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch onto the pack ice using a block and tackle pulley system, Chukchi Sea...

Steven Kazlowski / Residents from the Inupiaq arctic village of Barrow along with subsistence whalers pull a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch onto the pack ice using a block and tackle pulley system, Chukchi Sea...

Steven Kazlowski / Residents from the Inupiaq arctic village of Barrow along with subsistence whalers pull a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch onto the pack ice using a block and tackle pulley system, Chukchi Sea...

Steven Kazlowski / Residents from the Inupiaq arctic village of Barrow along with subsistence whalers pull a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch onto the pack ice using a block and tackle pulley system, Chukchi Sea...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence whalers travel by skiff boat through an open lead in the pack ice during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA. May 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Flag of an Inupiaq subsistence whaling crew attached to a harpoon in the pack ice, at the site of a Bowhead whale catch during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off shore from the arctic village of...

Steven Kazlowski / Subsistence whaling family from the Inupiaq arctic village of Barrow, pose for a photo after catching a bowhead whale in springtime, on the pack ice over the Chukchi Sea, off the coast of Alaska, USA....

Steven Kazlowski / Male and female King eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) caught by an Inupiaq / Inuit subsistence hunter on the pack ice during their spring migration, Chukchi Sea, Barrow, Alaska. USA 

Steven Kazlowski / Portrait of Inupiaq / Inuit man standing with his subsistence catch of King eider ducks (Somateria spectabilis) Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA, May 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit woman stands next to a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska. May 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit subsistence whalers butcher a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch on the pack ice during spring whaling season, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska, USA, May 20...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit subsistence whalers pulling a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch onto the pack ice using a block and tackle pulley system, Chukchi Sea, off the coastal village of Barrow, Alaska,...

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq photographer guide sheltering behind igloo snow blind, waiting for a Polar bear to emerge from its den, Arctic coast of Alaska. April 2009

Steven Kazlowski / Sunrise seen from out on the pack ice, outside the Inupiaq village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Full moon as seen from the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, October 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) with female and cub in background, congregate on newly formed pack ice where a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) carcass has been left by Inupiaq subsistence whalers, 10...

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice wait behind a snow blind and watch for passing whales during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Ch...

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq seal skin boat / umiak at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew pulls in a Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chuk...

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman catching Sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys nelma) through a hole in pack ice over the Chukchi Sea, for the village elders of Kotzebue, Alaska, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / The oldest Inupiaq village of Point Hope as seen from the pack ice, Lisburne Peninsula, North Slope, along the western Arctic coast of Alaska, April 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Sunset behind cabin, old Inupiaq village of Point Hope, Arctic coast of Alaska, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman catching Sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys nelma) through a hole in pack ice over the Chukchi Sea, for the village elders of Kotzebue, Alaska, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq seal skin boat / umiak, used for whaling on the pack ice during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / A young Inupiaq whaler looking for whales through binoculars during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew waits at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice for passing Bowhead whales during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, Ma...

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq seal skin boat / umiak at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) on pack ice caught by Inupiaq subsistence hunter near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew prepare to paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) caught by Inupiaq subsistence hunters out on the pack ice, outside the Arctic village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, April 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq subsistence hunter throwing a hook out to pull in a Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch, on the pack ice outside the Arctic village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, April 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Young Inupiaq woman pulling Sheefish (Stenodus leucichthys nelma) out of a hole in pack ice over the Chukchi Sea, for the village elders of Kotzebue, Alaska, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunter dragging Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch on the pack ice near Point Hope, Alaska, Chukchi Sea, March 2008

Steven Kazlowski / Red sun setting behind a graveyard outside the Inupiaq village of Point Hope, Arctic coast of Alaska, March

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq subsistence hunters throwing a hook out to pull in a Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) catch, on the pack ice outside the Arctic village of Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska, April 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew paddle their seal skin boat / umiak, in an open lead in the Chukchi Sea, during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Alaska, May 2008

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew pulling in Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) catch at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Chuk...

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice wait behind a snow blind and watch for passing whales during spring whaling season, off the Arctic coastal village of Point Hope, Ch...

Steven Kazlowski / An Inupiaq whaling crew at the edge of an open lead in the pack ice waiting behind a snow blind and watch for passing whales during spring whaling season, with a Beluga / White whale (Delphinapterus l...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious cub checks out a boat outside the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adults walks on newly formed autumn pack ice outside the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) pair of curious cubs check out a truck outside the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cub alongside an airport runway as a plane prepares to take off, outside the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildli...

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult walking alongside an airport runway as a plane prepares to take off, outside the Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlif...

Gary Braasch / Inupiat hunter boiling a walrus head to make ready for carving. Carving of walrus tusk, ivory and whalebone is a livelihood for many Yup'ik and Inupiat artists, Wainwiright, Alaska, USA. July, 2015.

Gary Braasch / Native Inupiat village on low-lying land, one of several villages threatened by rising sea levels and permafrost thaw, Kivalina, Alaska, Bering Sea. August, 2015.