Bowhead Articulation: Rib Cage

Aren Gunderson (UAMN Mammals Collection Manager), Lee "Boneman" Post, and Marissa Breslin (UAMN Mammals Collection Technician) place and secure the whale's ribs and shoulder blades.
The bowhead whale is an iconic Arctic species
inextricably tied to Native cultures in western
and northern Alaska and a rare success story
in marine mammal conservation. This skeleton
is from a young male harvested by Alaska
Native hunters in 1963 near Utqiaġvik
(formerly Barrow), the northernmost point
in the United States.
This specimen has been in
UAMN’s mammal collection
since 1965. The skeleton will be articulated and suspended
from the lobby ceiling in
Spring 2021. Project funded by the Bill Stroecker Foundation.

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