Hear how research unfolds at sea. Playing female whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself the center of attention of a group of male North Atlantic Right Whales. Will she be able to gather crucial data before a breaching whale crashes down on her boat? Download a transcript of this podcast Image Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) read moreDuration: 5:45Published: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:27:58 +0000
Writer Karen Romano Young takes an icebreaker to Barrow, Alaska, to join in the festival of Naluqatak and learn about the intimate relationship between the Inupiat Eskimos and the bowhead whale. Listen as she tells Ari Daniel Shapiro how the whole community turns out for whale hunt, how the bowhead nourishes the Inupiat, both physically and spiritually—and how the hunt is proving to be an unexpected gift to scientists. read moreDuration: 5:14Published: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:36:55 +0000