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Wainwright Street
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.
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- Bush planes, you never know who or what will be in the next seat.
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- Wainwright from above.
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- Wainwright Street
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- Another Street Scne
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- Church
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- Old Boat
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- Driftwood in the rain.
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- I was looking for walruses, worried about bears, and this is what I actually found
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- Another Old Boat
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- Boats eye view
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- Old House
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- A Dew Liine defense station
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- Yep, that was my ride home.
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- Apparently, the school is a rug free zone.
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- Patriotic Dumpster
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- Edited Sign
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- Serpentine Dumpster
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- Dumpster Gotsa Tude!
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- Coast
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- Looking the other way up the coast.
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- 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).
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