Silmore WHITE WHALE (3) 1931 In cutting up the whale, a large elliptical section of blubber, Covering the area between the lower neck, each flipper & the anus, is first plus pulled off + then the rest of the skin & fat from the head to the "small" is stripped off in one piece. The meat is cut off in strips & dried, while the tendons in the "small" are pulled out for sinews. Belugas ("sheeshok") are very common along the shore in the spring, according to the natives. They seemed to be working in a westerly direction, whether in annual migration, or just this time by accident I don't know. Whale skin with the blubber on & cut in strips is highly prized for food. In this form it is known as "muktuk". Sept. 15 Unalaska, Unalaska Is., Alaska, Alutuian Is. According to Albert Olsen white whales are known to occur in Bristol Bay in appreciable numbers.