We have been out of town for much of the first part of March and we took it easy this weekend. I did manage a few shots though of which these are a sample.
Well, I was scheduled to go to Anchorage last week and the village of Selawik this week. Neither happened as all the flights into Anchorage were booked by the folks going to Nome for the finish of the Iditarod, and all flights to the villages were canceled early in the week due to ice fog. Patty was scheduled to go to Point Hope again and of course she had clear weather. Here are some pictures taken by her on March 25th.
We awoke Saturday March 27 with the temp minus 7, but also with the sun shining on this beautiful windless day. Cathy kept after us to ride to camp with her and Aucha until we gave in. After fumbling about putting on layers we followed them out of town on the frozen sound following the shoreline for about 6 miles. We then took a trail across the sound following the willow branch trail markers for another 12 miles until coming to the north shore and a camp there. Aucha went on to the mountains to help cut firewood and we loaded our sled with trash then headed back to town. It was a cold but beautiful ride and hopefully a taste of fun to come.
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/100_1983.JPG "Cathy in from one of the camps across the bay packing her .44 magnum.")
/100_1975.JPG "Patty out on a mild day in the arctic.")
/100_1988.JPG "Again the town looks so small in the vastness of the Alaska wilds.")
/100_1990.JPG "Patty striking a fetching pose.")
/100_1991.JPG "Looking down at the beach, the frozen sound, and across to the mountains. The water is frozen to a depth of about 3-4 feet.")
/100_1994.JPG "Yep, that's Carlo under there.")
/100_1995.JPG "Looking across a small frozen bay with a small ridge that the wreck is on, across the frozen sound to the mountains beyond.")
/100_2039.JPG "Sunrise in Kotzebue 7:30 AM March 25, 2004.")
/100_2040.JPG "The Kotzebue airfield next to the sound.")
/100_2047.JPG "Ice heaves on the frozen sea.")
/100_2058.JPG "The clinic in Point Hope.")
/100_2052.JPG "The telemedicine system by which the MD's in Kotzebue can visually and audibly assess patients.")
/100_2054.JPG "An examination room at the clinic.")
/100_2056.JPG "Point Hope.")
/100_2057.JPG "The store in Point Hope.")
/100_2059.JPG "The school.")
/100_2060.JPG "US post office, Point Hope, Alaska.")
/100_2068.JPG "Some of the homes.")
/100_2072.JPG "The only structures at the airfield.")
/100_2074.JPG "Off loading cargo. This is how the village gets most of it's supplies in winter.")
/100_2075.JPG "The old town which was abandoned due to erosion.")
/100_2076.JPG "Point Hope, a whaling village, from the air.")
/100_2079.JPG "The edge of the pack ice on the Chuckchi Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean.")
/100_2080.JPG "No it's not National Geographic. It's just little ole Patty with a camera.")
/100_2081.JPG "Breathtaking.")
/100_2082.JPG "It appears to be cliffs that end in the sea.")
/100_2083.JPG "That's open water. The whalers are fixing up the boats with skins in preparation for getting out. It won't be long now.")
/100_2089.JPG "Kotzebue still frozen solid and hemmed in by frozen water.")
/100_2091.JPG "Another view of home.")
/100_2092.JPG "A wood stove heating the camp.")
/100_2093.JPG "Aucha, Patty, and Cathy.")
/100_2096.JPG "The inside the camp. Note teh gas lanterns with the copper tubing connecting them.")
/100_2097.JPG "Mother and daughter moment.")
/100_2098.JPG "The camp cat clawing at the fur seat cover.")
/100_2105.JPG "Aucha riding out to the mountains to cut wood. To me this picture shows how small we are in this vast wilderness.")
/100_2108.JPG "Cathy on her machine.")
/100_2109.JPG "Carlo with his wolf fur mittens.")
/100_2114.JPG "Cathy out on the sound.")
/100_2117.JPG "On the sound looking towards shore.")
/100_2119.JPG "Carlo and Patty close-up and believe me, fashion is not a concern.")
/100_2120.JPG "Checking the load in the middle of the frozen sound with about 4 feet of ice separating us from the sea.")
/100_2121.JPG "Frozen sea for miles.")
/100_2125.JPG "Cathy cruising along.")