In 2007, Inupiat hunters in Alaska made an astonishing discovery — a bowhead whale carrying a piece of living history within its flesh. Embedded deep in the whale’s neck blubber was a 19th-century harpoon fragment, a bomb lance manufactured in New Bedford, Massachusetts, around the 1880s — the height of America’s whaling era. The finding stunned scientists. The whale had clearly survived the attack more than a century earlier, meaning it was likely over 100 years old, possibly closer to 150 or e

34K views · 171 reactions | A bowhead whale has washed ashore near Taloyoak, Nunavut. It's huge, and polar bears are feeding on it. Lennie Panigayak was out hunting with his dad and family when he found it. He says he's never seen anything like it. | CBC North | Facebook