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a dead whale sits ashore with other dead whales and wood buildings in the background
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Whaling in South Georgia

Blue whale at the Grytviken whaling station in South Georgia, 1914-1917.  ...
A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologist, William Fitzhugh, has been...
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 12:32
a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
A point made of Ramah Chert that belonged to the early Eskimo group known as the Groswater Dorset Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
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Early Eskimo Point

About 2,500 years ago cold climate brought the first Inuit peoples into the Gulf of...
A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point

Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada...
A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008.  Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy

An underwater archaeological stratigraphy reveals the different levels of soil in...
Map depicting the archaeological excavation site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2009
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Archaeological Site Map of Hare Harbor

The Arctic Studies Center's excavation site map of Hare Harbor maps some of the...
A fragment of European ballamine ceramic that was excavated at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Fragment of a European Bellarmine Jug

A 2011 excavation led by the Arctic Studies Center uncovered this fragment of...
The excavation site of an Inuit home in Hare Harbor, Quebec, Canada
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Excavation of an Inuit House

Excavations between 2002 through 2011 at Hare Harbor have shown that this site was...
A map of the early European whaling site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Map of Early European Whaling Region

For over a decade scientists have been investigating an early European whaling site...
This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable...
During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three...

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