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2014 Happens!

02 Thursday Jan 2014

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography

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2014, Barrow, Celebration, Contests, Fireworks, Games, Happy New Year, New year, Photography

Whizz-bang!

Whizz-bang!

It was a good New Year here at the top of the world. It began at about Texas-Midnight when Maria Falvey posted one of my old Blackberry pictures to her blog. She cropped the picture perfectly and just generally made it much better. So, I was pretty psyched as I headed out at 11;30 to watch the fireworks. Course I didn’t realize the fireworks actually start before midnight, so I could see them going off as I walked down to the lagoon where the whole event took place. Luckily, there was plenty of bang to be had last night, so I still made it in time to see plenty of cool pyrotechnics.

I tried to get some videos of the fireworks, but my camera kept freezing up. It wasn’t working at all during the grand finale. Still, it was pretty cool standing just about directly under some of the blasts, but I have to admit the Aurora may have pwned the whole display shortly thereafter. Conditions (which include a bad photographer and a camera that wanted to hide in my pocket) were less than ideal, but I finally got some pics of the Northern Lights worth showing.

…I think.

So, I walked over to the elementary school to watch the last night of the Winter games. This is an annual event here in Barrow, the community spends a week on a variety of odd contests late at night, all of it ending with the New Year. Tonight, the contest was between singles men and married men, and the same for women. The women were neck-a-neck, but the single men were getting their asses kicked. If only I had the courage to go down there and join in, …then I guess I would have to say that WE got our asses kicked.

…and I guess we did anyway.

Suffice to say, I stayed in the stands last night, but I had fun just the same, as did most everyone I could see.

Things got started a little after 1:00am in the morning and they were still going strong when I wimped out at about 4:00am. Anyhow, the photo-gallery is just below, and I’ve included a few videos afterwards. You may click on a picture to embiggen it. I don’t know everyone featured below, so if anyone from Barrow sees themselves and prefers not to be featured here, speak up and I will be happy to take your picture down. In any event, it was a great evening, and I really enjoyed all the activities.

Happy New Year everybody!

Bang!
Bang Again
Multi-bangs!

The best part about this one is the light from the snow machine on the snow.
Moar bangs!
A purdy bang!

Boom!
Crackle and Pop
Whizz-bang!

By the time I got away from the bright lights the Aurora was gone.
But it was cool while it lasted.
I thought so anyway.

That narrow band didn’t last a full minute.
Off to the party!
Almost 1:00am, do you know where your kids are? At school of course!

Mid-Jump
The Neck Pull
Nuther Neck Pull

This really does look painful

A brief clip of fireworks.

Jumping!

Both the men and the women have moved on to new games.

If you’re curious about the counting in this one, it’s because no-one had stepped up to challenge the singles-guy on the neck-pull. A ten-count is essentially a way of saying step-up or it’s over.

I don’t recall what this men’s game is called, but the women’s challenge in this one looks especially tough.

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Piuraagiaqta!

22 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska

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Alaska, Barrow, Contests, Games, Photos, Piuraagiaqta, Spring, Whaling

A Sledding We Will Go! (Pic taken with my phone.)

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!”

yes, this is what a parade looks like at the top of the world.
Gotta Have Emergency Vehicles
Balloons and moar!

“ASRC” stands for “Arctic Slope Regional Corporation”
an I get a little Elevation?)
This one makes me feel warm, …almost!

Truck!
Yes, they throw candy (everyone throws candy)
College float. Hey why aren’t you in class!?!

Games on the Middle Lagoon
Moar Games
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.

Did I mention this whole thing is held on a lagoon?
Coming Around the turn!
Sculptures, and the whaling theme is on everyone’s mind. It’s about that time, if the ice will just cooperate!

Sculpture In-Progress
Youngsters racing snow machines
A Sledding We Will Go! (Pic taken with my phone.)

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)

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