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Resident and my new best friend, mike schultz, to find out how barrow has changed over the years. he told me to meet him at the local pool hall behind the photo shop. maybe this sign post will point me in the right direction. >> haiti, new york, peru. i just want to know which way is the hell up out of here. >> i finally found it. conveniently located between snow and more snow. >> oh, just like it happens every time. >> well, you've got to start someplace. you've left me lots of shots. >> so is this the closest thing barrow has to like a sports bar? >> pretty much. and there's no alcohol in h...

After talking with fanny, i've learned that barrow's native culture is defined by a harmonious connection between nature and man. so to help me see the beauty in this stark setting i've enlisted local photographer john tidwell, who suggested taking me to point barrow, the northernmost point in town. he says it's a popular hangout for polar bears. so let's hope there's no white on black crime today. >> are you john? >> i'm john. >> should i be scared? >> i'm not but you should be. >> okay. thanks. come on in. >> i'll be scared. good thing i have a head start on fear. all right. thanks, john. >>...

Does that mean dead? is that thai for dead? what is this? is this downtown? >> yeah, this is downtown. >> this is downtown. >> okay. >> this is the top of the world hotel? >> yes, sir. >> thanks for the drive. thanks for the tour. >> have fun in barrow. >> thank you. >> standing outside my hotel, looking at the frozen tundra, thousands of miles away from home. there's darkness as far as the eye can see. my thoughts on barrow are crystallizing, and all i keep thinking is -- >> holy shit. (mic thuds) uh, sorry. it's unlimited without compromising reliability, on the largest, most advanced 4g lte...

Any stretch of the imagination. but it's warming up. there's a big difference. and they are threatened. alaa has its fair share of endangered animals, but at the top of the list are six species of whales. starting in the early 1900s commercial whaling, which is the hunting of whales for profit, nearly depleted alaska's whale population before it was internationally banned in 1986. but long before commercial whaling existed, bare error -- barrow's native tribes hunted whales in a tradition called subsistence whaling, which is the harvesting of whales for the survival of the community. this way ...

>> and it's a proven method and it works. >> how can 10,000 years be wrong? >> how can 10,000 years be wrong? >> while this boat won't be ready for a few days, nok took me outside to show me what the finished product looks like. >> this is our boat we finished last week. >> this is your crew's boat. >> yes, sir. >> wow. >> brand new skin. >> it's got that new skin look. >> it's got that new skin smell. >> yeah, new skin smell. it seems to me nothing symbolizes the town of barrow more than whaling because it wraps up all the traditions and the language and wanting to teach the youth and the nex...