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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

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In the 19th century, many women wore tight corsets that were stiffened with stays made from baleen.
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Whale Products in Fashion

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North Atlantic right whales were long hunted for their baleen—the fringed plates hanging in their mouths that they use to strain the seawater for food. Baleen was used in a number of consumer products, such as corsets.
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Whale Baleen from a Dead Whale

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Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What is a Coral Reef? Middle School

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Consequences of Arctic Climate Change

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The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel

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This ivory sculpture from Point Barrow, Alaska, represents Kikámigo, a guardian spirit, holding a whale in each hand.
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Inupiat Guardian Spirit

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This mask sits atop a decorative breastplate with images of whaling crews in skin boats called umiaks.
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Inupiat Ceremonial Mask

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With the sun in its beak, the canoe’s raven figurehead points the way.
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Canoe Figurehead

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During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

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