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![Cutting blubber from a sperm whale at the Akutan Whaling Station fish9959.jpg Cutting blubber from a sperm whale at the Akutan Whaling Station](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_fish9959.jpg?itok=CtvbCZhS)
Description
Cutting blubber from a sperm whale at the Akutan Whaling Station. (Physetermacrocephalus known as Physeter catodon at time of photo.)
Location
Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Akutan
Collection
Historic Fisheries
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