Our Alaska Video: Wainwright ice cellar

In the small village of Wainwright, Alaska, which sits on the state's northern coast, the subsistence lifestyle is still king. On a late-June visit to the community, Alaska Dispatch multimedia editor Stephen Nowers caught the community in the midst of preparations for a celebration the next week, readying a 52-foot bowhead whale caught earlier that spring for the event. Read more.

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