Harry Brower Sr.
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Harry Brower, Sr. (1924–1992) or Kupaaq was an Iñupiaq whaling captain and community leader from Utqiagvik, Alaska.[1]
Harry Brower was the youngest son of whaling captain Charles D. Brower and Asianggataq Brower (Aluiqsi).[2] Brower worked for 27 years at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory as a carpenter and field researcher alongside Max C. Brewer, John F. Schindler, Kenneth Utuayuk Toovak, and Thomas F. Albert.[3]
His son, Harry K. Brower, Jr. has been mayor of Utqiagvik since 2016.[4] As of 2001 he was Subsistence Research Coordinator with the North Slope Borough’s Department of Wildlife Management.[1]
