Whaling crew floats on an umiaq in the outskirts of Barrow, Alaska. In the United States northernmost city of Barrow, the Inupiat people keep their traditions alive by hunting on small seal skin-made boats equipped with old style harpoons. The hunt of the bowhead whale is the basis of this people's culture, happening every year in spring and autumn. Still like their ancestors did, the Inupiat never sell the meat of their prey, instead they share it between those who helped hunting, towing and cutting the animal. Sited in Alaska's North Slope Borough, by the frozen shores of the Artic Ocean, Barrow is an eskimo village literally located at the top of the world.

At the top of the world is an icy land, barren, flat and isolated. No roads lead in or out, and barges can only bring in goods at a certain time of the year. Months of darkness are followed by months of sunlight. Glaciers dot the landscape, and polar bears are known to come into town.

Welcome to Barrow, Alaska, the largest Eskimo village in the United States.

Jimmie Sue will be returning to Minister in Barrow, Alaska

at the Cornerstone Community Church

August 26-29