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)
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