Harry Brower Sr.

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

[1] Harry Brower was the youngest son of whaling captain Charles D. Brower and Asianggataq Brower (Aluiqsi).

[2] Brower worked for 27 years at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory as a carpenter and field researcher alongside Max C. Brewer, John F. Schindler, Kenneth Utuayuk Toovak, and Thomas F.

[3] His son, Harry K. Brower, Jr. has been mayor of Utqiagvik since 2016.

[4] As of 2001 he was Subsistence Research Coordinator with the North Slope Borough’s Department of Wildlife Management.