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| The Coast Guards boat on wheels. |
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| Arctos in the water - they had one of these out at ENI but we had only seen one on the ice |
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| Barrow's infamous blue football field |
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| Part of the NARL (Naval Arctic Research Labratory) camp - it's now part of the community college |
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| Bones from a Bowhead Whale |
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| It was about 55 degrees - warm enough for the local kids to play in the Arctic Ocean |
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| This is an old underground storage area for food. I was told that every summer the kids were told that they had to clean them out - and if they didn't the fall whale hunt wouldn't go well because the whale would know and not be willing to die for the town. |
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| This building is from the original white whalers who came to town in the late 1800's |
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| Jim was explaining how they stretch animal skins over these boats each year before they go out whaling |
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| The Nordica waiting for crew change |
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