Gambell sees second whaling of the year

Families and community members on St. Lawrence Island will be eating Bowhead whale this week after a local hunter caught Gambell’s second whale of the season on Monday night.
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Chris Apassingok, a 16-year-old, who would normally be spending his days in high school, was the hunter credited with catching the 57-foot-long female Bowhead.
“Chased it for maybe an hour and a half. The other boats could’ve got it, but they never got close enough to strike,” Apassingok s