Apprapos of nothing, but I flew out of Barrow this Wednesday. I’m in Sitka for a conference (Whalefest). I’ll have more on that later, but for the moment, I thought I’d leave this little video of the up-and-away. The ocean back home is still in liquid form right now (or at least it was when we took-off), but it sure does look a little frosty around the edges.
Just flew in yesterday from a trip to Minnesota. The plane usually approaches Barrow from the ocean-side, and this time of year that can be rather cool. I was seated in the aisle, so this could definitely have been better. Still, I think it’s kinda neat. I reckon the plane finally crosses over land at about the 1:06 mark. If you look closely, you can see shoreline. The Snow gets smoother.
Couple pics from the trip (click to embiggen):
Loring Park
A few minutes before landing
Loring Park, II (which I actually took first)
At the AIHEC Powwow (AIHEC stands for American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
As I’m away from the North Slope at the moment, I find myself looking at photos and such. This afternoon, I am looking at pictures of pictures of the village of Wainwright. I have been there a couple times, in the late summers of 2011 and 2012.
Wainwright is located on the coast (of course). It has a population of a little over 500, but the first time I visited the place I could have sworn it was a ghost town. I literally couldn’t see anyone on the streets. I learned later that folks were probably out hunting, and in any event people began to show up on the streets that afternoon.
I always think it’s fun to just zoom out from these little maps one click at a time. If it doesn’t show, then hit refresh.
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You may of course click on a pic to embiggen it.
Bush planes, you never know who or what will be in the next seat.
Wainwright from above.
Wainwright Street
Another Street Scne
Church
Old Boat
Driftwood in the rain.
I was looking for walruses, worried about bears, and this is what I actually found
Another Old Boat
Boats eye view
Old House
A Dew Liine defense station
Yep, that was my ride home.
Apparently, the school is a rug free zone.
Patriotic Dumpster
Edited Sign
Serpentine Dumpster
Dumpster Gotsa Tude!
Coast
Looking the other way up the coast.
Tundra from the flight in.
…and of course the flight out (not the best video, but it’s kinda neat to see the tundra from above).