Harry Brower, Sr. (1924–1992) or Kupaaq was an Iñupiaq whaling captain and community leader from

Utqiagvik Utqiagvik ( ; , ), formerly known as Barrow ( ), is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the ...

, Alaska. Harry Brower was the youngest son of whaling captain Charles D. Brower and Asianggataq Brower (Aluiqsi). Brower worked for 27 years at the

Naval Arctic Research Laboratory The Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL) was an Office of Naval Research research facility located at Point Barrow in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The site is the present day location of Iḷisaġvik College Iḷisaġvik College () is a public tribal ...

as a carpenter and field researcher alongside Max C. Brewer, John F. Schindler, Kenneth Utuayuk Toovak, and Thomas F. Albert. His son, Harry K. Brower, Jr. has been mayor of Utqiagvik since 2016.Wohlforth, Charles.
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" The Arctic Sounder, August 31st, 2018 As of 2001 he was Subsistence Research Coordinator with the North Slope Borough’s Department of Wildlife Management.

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