Alaska typhoon victims’ losses of traditional foods go beyond dollar values When natural disasters strike in the Lower 48, people affected are compensated for income lost from wage-earning jobs that have been interrupted, as well as lost assets with assigned financial value. For residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim region who were displaced by Typhoon Halong, such losses are not so easily quantified. In the region’s affected villages, […]

Photo of an open sketchbook showing drawings of a man dissecting a hunted seal on the left and a piece of whale blubber on the right page.

[CW: Depiction of slaughtered animals.]

#SketchbookSunday: From the #Greenland 🇬🇱 travel journal, on #Indigenous subsistence and the realisation that #muktuk (mattak, whale skim and blubber) is a good source of vitamin C … but may taste like old wetsuit to untrained palates. 😬🤷🏻‍♂️

I had fun doing this one as a little sketch! Might continue it later on~
#potionomics #muktuk #bara #furryart

@mappingmegan @Adventures_A_A Interesting' might be the right word. Last time this much fun was w/ #muktuk. ;-) http://t.co/icBH1JkOqw

#TRLT A3: While not completely unknown, I had no idea about #muktuk (raw whale skin). Didn't become real connoisseur. http://t.co/ppLrIAgcmA

How I (almost) became a #muktuk (whale blubber) epicure: http://wp.me/p3Oe3Y-6M Your take on #CulturalDelicacies? http://t.co/d1TrzyZPW7

That day when I found out, #Muktuk (#whale skin & blubber) actually tastes like old divng suit ... http://t.co/Qk3iU5qRRH

A4: How about some #muktuk, traditional #Inuit meal of frozen whale skin and blubber. #travelpics http://t.co/DVoR6118ho