- - Bird Watching & Photography
- - Native Alaskan Culture
- - Sea life migration route
- - Bowhead and Gray Whales
- - Seals, walrus, oogrook, ducks
- - Arctic fishing opportunities
- - Annual Whale Festival
- - Traditional Blanket Toss
- - ATV Quad Bike Rides
- - Flight-seeing Trips
- - Trip Insurance Recommended
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Eskimo
Whaling and
the Point
Hope Whale
Festival:
The
long dark
Arctic Night
is over and
with 24
hours of
daylight the
High North
is alive
with
returning
birds and
migrations
of wild sea
life.
A few
Bowhead and
Gray Whales
can still be
seen from
the point on
their
migration to
fertile
plankton
concentrations
in the
Beaufort.
Excitement
is
everywhere
as hunters
head out
looking for
seal,
walrus,
oogrook and
ducks.
A change
form frozen
food to a
diet of
fresh is
anticipated
with much
happiness in
the village.
By July much
of the ice
pack will be
melted and
schools of
salmon will
be caught in
the beach
nets set
from summer
camps all
along the
coast.
Fish drying
on racks
lean as the
strong
summer wind
blows.
Preparations
for the
Whale
Festival are
under way
and there is
much work to
be done.
The captain
of the crew
that took
the first
whale in
April or
early May
will set the
date.
Skin
will be cut from several umiak frames and
sewn together by women to make the blanket
for the blanket toss (Usually
the 2nd weekend of June).
Still others will be