Well, the article says ‘bare hands’, but I see boats, knives and harpoons myself.
Their way of life hasn’t changed for hundreds of years - a group of skilled fishermen using only their bodies and extraordinary bravery to catch 75ft-long sperm whales to provide enough food and materials for their whole village.
It is like a scene from Moby Dick, except the odds are stacked even higher against the captains of each tiny wooden boat.
These amazing images were taken during a whale hunt in one of the last places on Earth where people still use traditional methods to fish for one of the largest creatures in the seas.
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