Louise Moses hunts migrating waterfowl with her husband, Tig Strassburg. (National Geographic/Pat Henderson)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0042_f.jpg
Teresa Pingayak with her husband, John Pingayak in the tundra, hunting birds and cooking dinner. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0021_f.jpg
Tig Strassburg searching for passing waterfowl during the spring migratory hunting season. (National Geographic)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_SG_0008_f.jpg
Tig Strassburg hunts ducks and geese during the migratory spring hunting season with his partner, Louise Moses. (National Geographic/Pat Henderson)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0040_f.jpg
Jody Potts-Joseph and her husband, Jamey Joseph building a puppy pen. (National Geographic/Ashton Hurlburt)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0001_f.jpg
Tig Strassburg hunts ducks and geese during the migratory spring hunting season with his partner, Louise Moses. (National Geographic/Pat Henderson)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0044_f.jpg
Teresa Pingayak with her husband, John Pingayak in the tundra. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0018_f.jpg
Teresa Pingayak with her husband, John Pingayak in the tundra, hunting birds. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0020_f.jpg
Tig Strassburg hunts ducks and geese during the migratory spring hunting season with his partner, Louise Moses. (National Geographic/Pat Henderson)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0041_f.jpg
Tig Strassburg hunts ducks and geese during the migratory spring hunting season with his partner, Louise Moses. (National Geographic/Pat Henderson)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0043_f.jpg
Jody Potts-Joseph and her husband, Jamey Joseph with their puppies. (National Geographic/Ashton Hurlburt)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0006_f.jpg
Teresa Pingayak with her husband, John Pingayak in the tundra, hunting birds and cooking dinner. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0022_f.jpg
Teresa Pingayak with her husband, John Pingayak in the tundra, hunting birds. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0019_f.jpg
The Pingayak family finds a washed up whale on the frozen beach. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0015_f.jpg
The Pingayak family finds a washed up whale on the frozen beach. (National Geographic/Matt Kynoch)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_0013_f.jpg
Louise Moses searching for passing waterfowl during the spring migratory hunting season. (National Geographic)Posted 02/06/24210_PreciousCargo_FirstAlaskans_SG_0007_f.jpg