ILLUSTRATIONS 



" Cutting Out *' a Whale . . .1 . Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



In Bowhead Waters 16 



When Whaling is an Easy Job . . . 40 



Waiting for the Whale to Breach 72 



Unalaska 112 



Waiting for the Floes to Open .120 



Trying Out" 144 



Callers From Asia 152 



Peter's Sweetheart 160 



Eskimos Summer Hut at St. Lawrence Bay . . . 168 

 At the Gateway to the Arctic . . . . . . . 176 



Hoisting the Blubber Aboard 184 



Our Guests Coming Aboard in St. Lawrence Bay . 192 



The Lip of a Bowhead Whale 208 



A Close Call Off Herald Island .216 



Skin Boat of the Siberian Eskimos 240 



