Harry Brower Sr.

Harry Brower, Sr. (1924–1992) was an Iñupiaq whaling captain and community leader from Utqiagvik, Alaska.[1] He was the youngest son of whaling captain Charles D. Brower and Asianggataq Brower (Aluiqsi).[2] Brower worked for 27 years at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) as a carpenter and field researcher alongside Max C. Brewer, John F. Schindler, Kenneth Utuayuk Toovak, and Thomas F. Albert.[3] His son, Harry K. Brower, Jr. is the current mayor of Utqiagvik.[4]

References

  1. Wohlforth, Charles (2001). "The Iñupiaq Supercomputer: What The Whale Hunters Know & Some Scientists Want To Discover". Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. Albert, Thomas F., "The Influence of Harry Brower, Sr., an Iñupiaq Eskimo Hunter, on the Bowhead Whale Research Program Conducted at the UIC-NARL Facility by the North Slope Borough In 1968," Fifty More Years Below Zero: 265-278, Arctic Institute of North America, 2000
  3. Brewster, Karen. "Native Contributions to Arctic Science at Barrow, Alaska," ARCTIC, VOL. 50, NO. 3 (SEPTEMBER 1997) P. 277–288
  4. Wohlforth, Charles. "We Did Solve Problems Before Oil," The Arctic Sounder, August 31st, 2018

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