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	Featured Profile: Jujiiro Wada Wada was born in Japan in the 1870s. Hearing intriguing stories of America as a boy, he went to San Francisco in 1890. For two years he was a cabin boy for the Pacific Steam Whaling Company. Then he worked in Barrow for Charles Brower and the Cape Smythe Whaling and Trading Company as a shore whaler. This is probably where he learned to handle sled dogs and began learning Alaska Native languages. Learn more about Jujiro Wada.