so, in this episode i went to alaska, sort of outside my political black guy wheel house. not a an issue i get fired up about. that's not really my -- and i don't know how togo into this. is eskimo the right word? some people say inuit. and i feel weird not go knowing if it's racist or not. so i found i had a lot to learn about alaska. so, i packed my bag and got my all weather jacket and went to

alaska and bought new clothes. my name is w. kamau well. as a comedian, i've made a living finding humor in parts of america i don't understand. and now i'm on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and believes that add color to this crazy country. this is the unit"united shades america." alaska. ina natives have survived this brutal environment for thousands of years. today its uniooque wildlife and severe weather, contribute to its reputation as america's last frontier. and the last frontier is the last place i want to be. but here i am in anchorage,

alaska. the state's busiest city to get an experience more authentic than watching a reality show. maybe the locales can tell me. what's your name? >> casey. >> this is my first trip to alaska. am i getting a typical alaskaen experience now? this is looking like any town u.s.a. i'm in the tourist district. this is my first time in alaska. i did not expect to see -- what's the word i'm looking for -- black people. what's it like being black in alaska? >> interesting. >> on a typical day, how many black people do you see? >> three or four. >> and that's more if you pass mirrors? >> yeah. >> what does it mean to be an alaska native? >> that you can handthal cold. obviously. >> i always lead with alaska

because they lose their minds and the inevitable do you know sarah palin. >> do you know sarah palin? >> i've met with her on a few occasions and spoken with her. >> so, they ask the dumb question, do you know sarah palin, bullet you do. >> well, there's only so many people in the state. >> so, you're native. >> yes. >> alaska native means differently than someone born in the state of alaska? >> yes. >> they're broken into 11 regionally and language defined tribes, though americans think you can call them all eskimos, but they're not, so you can't. is there a revolution on the way? because if there is, i want in. it's like the alaska show, it's not this. in the lower 48, we talk about alaska, we think frozen tundra

and polar bears. where do i need to go? >> really far north. >> like where? >> barrow. >> barrow? >> yeah, if you want polar bears. >> so, if i go to barrow, i'll get the alaska experience on the television. >> yeah, you'll see people shooting things. >> well, i can get that in the states. kamau wundsers why he's doing this. here are some barrow facts. one, there are no roads in and out of town. two, it goes completely dark for two whole months of the year. and three, its 320 mile ess int the arctic circle. and 320 miles past where it's going to be. landing in barrow, it certainly looks like i'm on the path to a real alaska and also the path to

frostbite. i often joke about being in the middle of nowhere but this is actually the middle of nowhere. it's so cold i'm afraid my afro's going to break. i'm headed to the appropriately named, top of the world hotel. and fortunately, this taxi is not like the one at l.a. x. can you take me to the top of the world? >> okay. top of the world hotel. welcome to barrow. >> thank you. what's your name, sir. >> c.j. >> my name's kamau. >> oh, nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. now i'll never be able to say a black man can't get a cab in alaska. where are you from? >> thailand. >> what brings you here? >> to work. >> would it be bad if i decided

to walk from the airport to downtown? >> too cold. five minute, ten minute -- >> does that mean dead? is that thai for dead? >> what is this? >> is this downtown? >> yeah. >> this is downtown? thanks for the drive. thanks for the tour. >> have fun in barrow. >> standing outside my hotel, looking at the frozen tundra, thousands of miles away from home. there's dark flsz as far as the eye can see. all i keep thinking is -- holy shit. standing tall...

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now the forecast including barrow and lubbock, today through friday, mostly cloudy skies, highs around five above, and thursday and friday, 10 below. and lows the rest of the week

around 15 below. >>ium a iu'm from the bay area n i hear 50 below i thi-- 15 belo am thinking 15 below 80. my first stop is the local weather station. if this is the real alaska, i want to find out how cold it gets here. even though i'm sure you don't even want to know. >> are you enjoying the weather though? >> not at all, actually. most people when they don't enjoy the weather, they blame the weather man. >> that's what we're here for. >> what else to you do other than gay get blamed by random people who walk in your office? >> one of our more important and fond things we do is launch a weather balloon.

>> can i launch a weather balloon? >> we're all set up. >> let's do it. >> we need to inflate the balloon, get it set up. we're using helium gas to do this. it will be about 40 feet across. >> and what is it made out of? >> it's a latex rubber. >> i'm not mature enough to not laugh at you calling it a latex rubber. >> so, here we go. >> once it's up there, what is it doing? >> it's sending back information on temperature, humidity. this is the very beginning of all your weather forecasts, right here with this balloon. >> i live in northern california, it's not really the kind of weather you're dealing with up here. >> no, quite a bit different. the coldest has been 55 below with a 90 to 1 00 below.

activity, doesn't stop up here. let's get her set up. this isn't exactly nasa launching apollo 11. a countdown seems approp riatap. t minus, 3, 2, 1. >> there she goes. >> and that's a good time in this town, huh? >> this is our exciting time of day. >> still cold. oh, god. i'm going to die. finding out that locales remain

active when it's 90 below -- i need to know what drives people to live in barrow as opposed to -- not barrow. let me talk to locales and see what they have to say about all this. this is ridiculous. it's so cold. how long you lived in barrow? >> this is my home. i was raised here and i choose to live here. >> i like how you say i choose to live here. ignorant people like this guy come here and go how did you do it? >> my mother and father and my grandparents did it and so i'm doing it. >> does the cold weather bother you? >> it's balmy. that's why i'm wearing my shorts. >> so, your name is mike schultz? >> i came up at 19 and i'm 61. it's some of the nicest people

in the whole world here. >> how long have you two lived here in barrow? >> october 2009. >> so, you're a newbie? >> we're originally from american samoa. >> so, this is completely different. >> we actually moved up from minnestry. >> i've been so cold i think i've seen jesus a couple times. thank you, that was actually genuine. thank you. i just want to ask you, how long have youi ivlived in barrow? >> i live in california, not many work activities. it's like a culture shock, it's different but we like it. >> their median house hold income is $25 thousand higher than the national average but that's partially to compensate on the high cost of goods p goo. the salaries are to inties

people to the many jobs. including civil services and selling over priced wint ee eers to travel show hosts. >> we're very much a melting pot. vietnamese, filipino, white, mexican. we're a little bit of everything. >> i'm black. you got a black? >> yes. my dwayne, he's good. >> 75% of the time dwayne is a black guy. >> now there's 62% native and 38% everybody else. it's really multicultural. >> so much so that the population has more than triple in the last five decades. it's only 62% native. how do you feel about that? >> i know the mighty dollar brings everybody in. they come and go but for us,

we're here to stay. this is our home. >> thank you for talking to me, beverly. and now go put some pants on. after learning people are moving to barrow for a surprising robust economy, i set up a meeting with long-time resident and new best friend, mike schultz, to find out how barrow has changed over the years. maybe this sign post will point me in the right direction. perue. i just want to know which way is the -- up out of here. i finally found it conveniently located between snow and more snow. oh, just like it happens every time. >> well, got to start someplace. you left me lots of shots. >> is this the closest thing barrow has to a sports bar? so it's just a sports. >> you can own and possess

alcohol within the city limits, you just can't buy it or sell it? everybody else was native. when i first came here, if they left me a mile out of town, i'd be dead. they've been living here for probably 10,000 years. >> so a lot of the reasons people move here is to get jobs in the oil industry, right? >> or just the infrastructure jobs that make barrow what it is. >> what is the future? >> when i got here, kids would hunt and now they've lost the ability to fend for themselves. have you shot a caribou? i don't need to i can go to the store and get a hamburger. do you know how to survive falling in the ice? >> well i don't want to. and they don't learn what they used to learn from their elders and so they're missing a big

part of growing up. it makes it difficult to watch a culture disappear. it's just not right. it's an unbelievable culture. >> listening to mike, i can't help but wonder in a land so deadly and remote, can the natives of barrow afford to lose their ways of culture that kept them going here for thousands of years? and my camera crew is going to be pissed they can't buy alcohol here. ♪ ♪ the captivating lexus rc, with available 306 horsepower. this is the pursuit of perfection.

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barrow, alaska is way out there, it's far. you can't get there unless you go on a plane. it's so remote it feels like anything can happen there. it feels like you could run into jim morris, tupac, amelia, elvis. share a two-bedroom house. we've been up here the whole time. nobody comes up here. nobody would tell you they're there. it feels like alaska is america's no snitching state. nobody's talking. it's aathth -- another brutally cold day. c.j., boy, am i ever glad to see

you. i don't know if you know, but it's cold outside this car. >> 7 below today. >> 7 below? but with the wind chill factor, i think it's 11 below. i think i'm going dog sledding. wait a minute. the way you keep laughing, i feel like it might be a bad idea. i appreciate that. and my conversation with mike schultz, he spoke of how the native people of barrow are losing their traditions. i discovered no better example than dog sledding. and i'm here at the home of josh carol, the last musher in town, which sounds like a great title for a disney movie. >> slowly widalled down over the years. only running team in barrow at this point.

>> how long you lived in barrow? >> 1986. >> when you got here, were there other dog -- >> yeah, other teams. guys who spent half their lives running dogs and they all switched over to snow machines. >> you're the last dog sledder and you're not -- how do i say this -- not a native? >> the natives were the ones who invented dog sledding. dogs were absolutely vital to the culture. >> he's right, the four-legged companions were used for carrying supplies for hunts, tracking pray and keeping their owners alert to dangerous animals. any tips for me? >> just hold on tight and i'll teach you the commands. holiday, turn left. whoa, they stop sometimes. we take off. you yell kita. that means let go. >> gee is left, hata is go and

woe is please please stop. >> and if they don't stop, stop god dam it. >> okay. let's get out there. >> i'll show you how to put on a harness. >> reminds me of my prom night. >> midnight. he has blue eyes. >> do dogs like this? >> it's what they live for. >> and that is "this is going to be awesome." are you sure that's not the sounds of the dog revolution? a dog just peed on my cameraman. hold on, i'm the only one who gets to pee on my cameraman. >> now we start mushing them to the line. >> this way. whoa. there you go. there you go.

next week. we'll be coming to you from the beaches of aruba talking about which tequila tastes better. now this part i like. >> yoell kita really loud. >> kita. whoa. ♪ >> hey dogs. >> oh. ha-ha. feels like i just lost my virginity on that last bump. >> gee, gee. >> oh, yeah, this is the life. as much as i love my k9 chauffeurs, it appears they're

not as practical as snow machines but hopefully the industrialization of man doesn't get left behind in a cloud of dust. speaking of frozen, i still am from yesterday. so, i'm in the comfy compounds. you know, this is actually a much nicer city. when you walking everywhere, you start to get angry with the city. but now it's kind of pretty. like carol, there are other locales speaking out about keeping customs alive. she teaches customs as part of the curriculum and i'm going to find out more about her and her work. >> i'd you to look at this. different hunting tools, mainly for butchering the whaile. >> in my neighborhood, we called that i wish somebody would

night. >> that's made out of intestens. >> black people, we just eat the intestines. you're literally using every part of the animal? >> everything that is giving to us from the land, the ocean and the air is treasured. everybody thinks it's so flat and cold and frozen. but to us, it's a living world that we live in. >> that is a perspective i didn't have before i came here. so, what part of your culture are you working hardest to keep? >> our language. yeah. my age group and some older than me, we were sent away to go to boarding school. i came home not myself anymore and i almost lost the proper usage of our language. >> fanny's speaking of christian

boarding schools open in the early 1900s by missionaries. and get ready for a shocker, missionaries working with natives, not that cool. in fact, in 2015, an official report by the canadian government, described its role as cultural genocide. >> we were literally punished. if i accidently said something in our language, we got slapped in the hand. >> oh, wow. >> our fourth grade teacher, i accidently yelled out "he put me in a tall can, trash can and make me stand there." that's when i cried. >> he was telling you you were trash? >> uh-huh. >> and so what are you doing today to keep the language alive? >> i wurk with our school

district. it's important to teach our children who they are so they will always feel safe and be strong knowing that they are with the real people of the north. >> so, can you teach me some words? >> alaba. you're telling me, oh, i'm cold. >> alaba. like a mofo. [ laughter] . america is a nation of immigrants. we're a schmorgasbord of cultures. a korean taco of togetherness. an everything bagel of unity, each one of us a different seed. that was beautiful, amy. i thought it was also nice, yeah. yeah. we're a poutine of harmony. a gumbo of coexistance. we're a never ending, bottomless, all inclusive, super... buffet of... i can't do any more metaphors. ya know, alright. cheers cheers. i'm full.

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after talking with fanny, i've learned that barrow's native culture is combined of our harmonious nature between earth and man. and i'm going to the northern most point in town. he says it's a popular hangout for polar bears, so let's hope there's no white on black crime today. are you john? >> i'm john. >> are you scared? >> i'm not. thanks, john. >> welcome aboard.

>> this is an environmentalist nightmare, chasing after polar bears in a humvee. >> you're going to hit real rough terrain. so, hang on. >> whoa. >> you're going to go over this. >> what are the odds we survive? >> not survive, just tip over. >> okay. we both have different goals. good thing i got my life insurance renewed for acting stupid. you're good, but i need my long underwear dry cleaned. >> we're going to keep our eye out for any paw prints going across the road. >> we haven't seen a bear yet but this is a spot where a bear could be? >> he could be sleeping behind there. >> i've explained to my children, don't shoot the bear,

he's just doing what comes natural. >> that's how i feel about police. >> see the bear paw? >> tell me exactly where we are? >> almost to the end of the peninsula that is point barrow. little known fact, the point 500 years ago used to go 200 miles firth out. >> is that climate change? >> what else could it be? >> home sexualality. >> that's what i heard on the 700 club. >> all america is south of here and there's the water right there. all these burgs along here are just waves that are frozen and been pushed up. >> this is the northern most tip of the united states of america.

>> you got it. that's it. 20 years ago we couldn't be standing here. there would be 20 bears walking along the coast. now lucky to see two or three bears together. i'm not an environmentalists but it's warming up. it's a big difference and they're threatened. >> at the top of the list endangered animals are six species of whales. starting in the early 1900s, commercial whaling nearly depleted alaska's whale population before it was internationally banned in 1986. but long before it existed, they hunted whales in something called consistence whaling. it's still popular today. in fact, crews are allowed to harvest 25 whales a year because not one ounce is sold.

and tonight i'm going to the home of a local whale boat captain to learn why whaling is still important in the increasingly modern barrow and to sampthal local del case. oh, whale bluber, the other, other, other white meat. >> so, this is the skin and the bluber of the bow head whale. we eat it frozen. it's the primary source of nutrition and keeps us warm in the winter months. so, if you were to try the skin and the bluber, here's your chance. >> tell me what i'm about to eat. >> the black is the skin and the pink is the bluber. >> when i was a little kid i said one day i want to be a comedian and never imagined i would end up eating whale bluber. >> and it's filled with omega 3s. >> it tastes healthy. >> and so this is the meat part.

we cut them into slabs this big. >> let me try salt. as an african american we put salt on everything. that's a lot of salt. that's how my grandmother would have done it. i've never tasted anything like this before. you can taste the meat. now, is this a whale that you caught? >> the whale that we were blessed with last fall. we don't go out and catch the whale, we're blessed by god. a whale will offer itself to a captain or crew and share it with everybody in the community, especially the ones not able to hunt for themselves. so, it's a really spiritual, spiritual thing. >> in the lower 48, lot of people have no idea about any of this and when they hear whaling, they have negative connotations around it. >> i have no ill feelings

towards people like that. come all the way to barrow, alaska and experience it yourselves. we don't plant any gardens and most of the needs from the store is quite expensive. i'm just a person trying to survive. >> i wouldn't have thought about it from the point of your people were doing it for 10,000 years and only when commercial fishing came that it got messed up but that shouldn't stop you from living your traditions? >> yes, this is what i learned from my father and he luearned from his father and generation to generation passed down and i'll be doing it with my boys since they're 10. >> i think that must mean a lot to you to take your sons out there. >> to my last dying breath, i'm going to instill whaling in them.

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yeah, exactly. whoa, yes. yeah, they offered me whale. i'm not really an adventurest eater. i like all my sushi fried. i'm like, can you temperrau this. i'm the -- hole at the sushi place can we tempura everything? and they go harvest the whales and they don't sell it. they pass it out to the community. everybody gets some of the whale, keep it together. we don't even do that shut with pizza sometimes. no, i bought it. that slice is mine. yeah. ♪ after a long night of texting my berkley hippy friends to appa apologize for eating whale, is time to catch up with c.j. you'll never guess what i had last night? whale.

>> you like it? [ laughter] okay. >> last night's meeting with whale boat captain has me finally feeling like i'm seeing the real alaska. to stay on the trailer, i've been inhadvited to see the sewing of seal skin that will cover the whale boat or the umiak. my presence here is no small feet. our cameras are the first to gain access to the sacred tradition. this is the actual boat, right? >> this is the frame of the umiak. >> what is this i'm smelling? >> you are smelling the seal. >> seal skin, yes. now, to me it smells pretty, thick? >> yes. >> so, it's not just because i'm from the outside. >> no, it's supposed to smell like that. >> so i feel i'm going to go back to california smelling like it. >> probably.

>> my guess is the skin is water proof? >> yes, it is. it's tough and pliable and stretches. >> how long does it take for this process? >> a couple of days of scraping and maybe a day or two to so it. >> is it always women who do the sewing? >> the men can't go on the whale without the women first preparing the boat. it takes everybody. >> wouldn't it be easier to buy a boat? >> the way they do it is the way the people have done for thousands of years and they want toed a here to their traditions. >> you'reinate v native alaska? >> yes. they're the eskimos and they're the inuits. >> you're from the interior, they accepted you up here and take you whaling? >> yes. the way we live is not much d

different than they way they live up here. community, and we like to do the old ways. >> clearly there's an effort to keep a foot in the past with the traditions. >> oh, yeah. and it's a proven method and it works. >> how can 10,000 years be wrong? >> how can 10 thousand years be wrong? >> he took me outside to show me what the finished product looks like. >> we finished this last week. >> so, this is your cruise boat? >> yes, sir. we skinned it with a brand new skin. >> it has that new skin look. >> that new skin smell. [ laughter] >> it seems nothing symbolizes alaska more than whaling. whaling is the thing that sums all that up. >> barrow is around whaling and it is a whaling community.

>> and it will always be. >> hopefully. >> this shows he's embracing his native culture but like others, he's also half non-native. so, i want to know about the defining choice these people face, stay in the past or fall in line with the future. there's not even saying i'm going to learn the tradition of the rest of america? >> i'm an american but native american. i'm proud of that. >> what does it mean to go whaling? >> it's a family thing we do as a community. it's not like we're stock piling it and trying to make money off it or anything. everything is distributed evenly. >> in the lower 48, if somebody kills and eats that deer, they just take it home. why is it that it automatically goes back the community? >> i'm not going to eat and

watch my neighbor starve. that's good, right? >> that's good. >> even if i don't know the person. >> that's a big thing in a lot of the 48, if i know you, if you're my friend and i'm not busy i'll help you. you have the good fortune, despite anything that you can still hold on to your traditions. >> that's why it's important. it's a melting pot, so there are people who would rather watch tv shows and emulate what they see on tv. if you were in a city you could do that. but to do that here and succeed is going to be difficult, you know. when there are lot of people who think like i do and want to see the culture succeed and kids doing what the elders want us to do, we're all going to be teachers because we have an opportunity right now, an opportunity to see this to the

next generation and once it's gone, it's gone. if i allow my kids to let it go, it's gone. >> and to not have that would be -- >> tragic. suck. >> that's a good word. i think that just about says it. that would suck. it seems you guys are doing an incredible job. it seems like i'm in the past, the future but in the right place. >> hey, man. [ laughter] . (vo) whatever your perfect temperature... you'll enjoy consistent comfort with the heating and air conditioning systems homeowners rank number one. american standard heating and air conditioning. a higher standard of comfort.

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trip learning about traditions past, nocoffered me the opportunity to try the new school of travel. >> dang, you do all your own stunts? >> i know. when i met you two days ago, i was like i hope i end up with my life in his hands. [ engine] >> i juster lost feeling in my nose. >> it's 20 below. >> almost there. we're headed out for one last authentic alaska experience, the northern lights. i think i froze a part of my brain that remembers my birthday. [ laughter] so, thanks for taking me out on

the snow machine. >> it was a blast. >> i was in anchorage, it looks like any town u.s.a. on tv, when you look at alaska, that's not the real alaska. so, everybody said come up to barrow. i dog sledded and tried whale, and went polar bearing, but didn't find any polar bears. and there is a lot of specialing thes happening here but it's a totally different thing than i was expecting. i know that's not living here. what does living in this part of the world mean to you? >> it's tough. you run out of stuff, you may have to wait a couple of days. you accept that. you have the responsibility to look out for others. you may not know somebody but you have the responsibility as a

community member to make sure everybody survives. that's why we continue the whaling to try to preserve that; that sense of community and oneness. >> i hope you're able to continue that whaling and sense of community. >> thank you. >> and i appreciate you talking to me but where are the northern lights? >> they're gist hiding from you. >> luckily this is television and through the magic of tv, i can go like this. oh, look at those northern lights. aren't they beautiful? >> they're beautiful. >> wow, we got so lucky on the last night we were in town, we saw the most beautiful northern lights show ever. >> see if you can see a polar bear. >> the northern lights may not be real but in barrow i feel like i saw the real alaska.

sure it's mostly defined by its remoteness but it's not the last frontier at all. it's an increasingly modern culture that is seeing what diversity brings and while there's still an intrernal struggle, it's unrivalled by the rest of america. you know, cj, i think i'll miss you most of all. >> come back to barrow again. >> i will, thank you. >> now it's time to go back to old regular california. where i'll be lucky to get help on the side of the road but the wifi is fantastic. i'm not going to miss you cold.

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