Jomich 1953 Eskimo Notes Point Barrow, Alaska May 22 huge section of backbone, some scattered ribs, and the intestines lying about. Back a few yards an eskimo had a temporary camping place, for a pair of buckle overshoes was drying and 5 or 6 pieces of shoe-box size muktub were stacked against an ice cake, the initials C.M. carved in the side of one. Whole shin looks just about like rubber-cord conveyor belt material, being about 3/4" thick. With a pocket knife we sliced off a little of the stuff for a sample, taking the blubber just beneath the shin. The blocks looked something like huge pieces of pink cake with licorice (black anyway) frosting. So we tried the shini deep muktub and found it good - if you like fatty tissue with a clear oil seep- ing out when you squeeze. That is the whales secret. It was probably about 18° or 20° out there and the oil still flowed about as readily as olive oil in the kitchen. The taste is a little on the fishy side and definitely that of plain whale oil, but as I say palatable and readily digestible.