Harry Brower, Sr. (1924–1992) or Kupaaq was an Iñupiaq whaling captain and community leader from Utqiagvik, Alaska.
Harry Brower was the youngest son of whaling captain Charles D. Brower and Asianggataq Brower (Aluiqsi).Albert, Thomas F., "The Influence of Harry Brower, Sr., an Iñupiaq Eskimo Hunter, on the Bowhead Whale Research Program Conducted at the UIC-NARL Facility by the North Slope Borough In 1968," Fifty More Years Below Zero: 265-278, Arctic Institute of North America, 2000 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. Albert.Brewster, Karen. "Native Contributions to Arctic Science at Barrow, Alaska," ARCTIC, VOL. 50, NO. 3 (SEPTEMBER 1997) P. 277–288
His son, Harry K. Brower, Jr. has been mayor of Utqiagvik since 2016.Wohlforth, Charles. "We Did Solve Problems Before Oil," 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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