Between reindeer and polar bears, the US government is driving a massive oil project in Alaska. Right in the middle: an indigenous village that doesn’t know what’s happening to it.
If a flag flies on the roof of a house, it means: Whale caught! And on this autumn day, many flags are flying in Nuiqsut on the north coast of Alaska. Beneath it, on tables under the open sky, are piles of meat. The women process what their crews bring home. Three women have to lend a hand in order to heave up the enormous heart of the bowhead whale. It looks like fresh steak meat.