This spring, Pungowhi and his crew caught three bowhead whales an unusually substantial catch.

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However, the pygmy whales' snouts suggested they were more closely related to the family of whales that includes the bowhead whale.

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Inupiat leaders oppose offshore drilling that could disturb bowhead whales and other sea resources that are the basis of their subsistence culture.

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It has made agreements with the captains of Eskimo whaling boats to move drilling ships out of hunting grounds during the open-water period so they can hunt Bowhead whales.

FORBES: In Texas parlance, it's a classic case of all hat, no cattle.