A teenager on a Gambell whaling crew scored the village's second successful strike of the season

Apr 25, 20170

Families and community members on St. Lawrence Island are eating bowhead whale after a local hunter caught Gambell's second whale of the season last week.

Chris Apassingok, a 16-year-old who would normally be spending his days in high school, was the "striker," or hunter credited with catching the 57-foot-long female bowhead whale for the community.