Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The crew is welcomed at Point Hope. The natives seated during the welcome ceremony. The men's dance. Men perform a dance while others play instruments. Women dance. Susie the champion dancer gives a solo performance. Native children and families. Native man with hair dressed for mourning.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Reindeer herding at Point Barrow. The largest herd of reindeer in Alaska. The herd grazes in a field. Natives near tents. Natives with reindeer. A reindeer camp in summer. A native holds two puppies. Men brand a young reindeer. A herder and his family outside their tents.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. The whaler at Point Barrow, the Northern most point of Alaska. An Eskimo village. Houses, tents, natives and families. Clothes dry on a clothes line. Esquimau mothers pose. A house in the background. A baby named Woodrow Wilson. The most northerly school in the world. Children sitting. Children learn at a manual training shop.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. 4th of July at Point Barrow, Alaska. An Eskimo village. Natives climb up a rope ladder. They take their place on a raised platform with the United States flag flluttering atop. Esquimau man and woman. H. Liebes and Co., a whalebone and fur company in the village. A 104 years old Esquimau woman. An Esquimau man, 'Happy Joe' and another man display their face ornaments.
Cruise of the whaler Herman to the Arctic. Old Chief of a village at Point Barrow invites the crew to a native dance. Esquimau men dance and play an instrument. The village people and crew watch. Esquimau women dance. A blond Esquimau similar to those discovered by explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Esquimaux eating whale skin. Dog nearby. Trading on the ship deck.
The whaler 'Herman' returns home. A glimpse of the midnight sun. Man handles the steering wheel of the ship during stormy weather. Waves splash over the deck. Men work to control the ship, adjust sails. Pressure from ice packs against the shore piles the ice up in large ridges. The large ridges in the water. The crew on the ship. The ship touches San Francisco. A pier on the coast.