A Sledding We Will Go! (Pic taken with my phone.)
So, we recently celebrated Piuraagiaqta here in Barrow. That’s our Spring festival for those of you whose tongues aren’t feeling adventurous. I was pretty busy during this several-day event, but I snuck outside on a few occasions to catch the outdoor games held on one of our lagoons.
Simon Says “Click to embiggen!”
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- yes, this is what a parade looks like at the top of the world.
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- Gotta Have Emergency Vehicles
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- Balloons and moar!
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- “ASRC” stands for “Arctic Slope Regional Corporation”
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- an I get a little Elevation?)
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- This one makes me feel warm, …almost!
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- Truck!
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- Yes, they throw candy (everyone throws candy)
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- College float. Hey why aren’t you in class!?!
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- Games on the Middle Lagoon
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- Moar Games
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- The Harpoon toss turned out to be a 2×4 aimed at a painted picture of a whale. …mind you, some guys were pretty good.
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- Did I mention this whole thing is held on a lagoon?
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- Coming Around the turn!
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- Sculptures, and the whaling theme is on everyone’s mind. It’s about that time, if the ice will just cooperate!
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- Sculpture In-Progress
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- Youngsters racing snow machines
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- A Sledding We Will Go! (Pic taken with my phone.)
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- Moar Sculptures (And golfers in the background) (pic by phone)
Harpoon Toss!
A view of the games from above.
The Final Race. It was held at 4:00pm Barrow time, which turned out to be about 5:00pm. For the longest time it looked like they were going to have 3 racers, but a fourth showed. (and my battery died just before the second place guy crashed. I think he was okay, but maybe his machine wasn’t)
northierthanthou 
I would say “Brrr!” but it’s probably almost as cold in Denali. Which on second thought, is cold. So, “Brrr!” Hope you had fun.
You probably feel it more down there too. Had enough winter for now. Can’t wait for warmth!
Thank you for the wonderful photo tour and videos.
What a fun and enjoyable journey.
Absolutely!
Looks like a lot of fun. Way too cold though 🙂
Heh, it’s funny. I kept thinking it was a nice day, but after standing outside awhile…
Oh wow looks great! Would love to be there at piurufhs piuraaadjs piuraagiaqta spring festival once! Up and down very fast though as I’d probably freeze if I would stay more than 48 hours!
That’s what a big bowl of caribou stew is for. Fighting off the cold.
Caribou stew? I’m coming 🙂
I have a pair of students that make an awesome bowl of it. I’ll let them know you are coming.
Great post … and great blog. I was scanning through, saw these pictures … excellent pictures … I had to look twice and read the captions … Looked a little like Antarctica from my 93-94 season. I will be following you.
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