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Screw Wednesday; I’m Doing a Wordless Saturday!

21 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by danielwalldammit in Bad Photography

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Alaska, Anchorage, Fog, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Reflection, Sunlight, Winter

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The Ocean in a Surprisingly Liquid State

13 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska

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Alaska, Arctic, Barrow, Environment, Ocean, Temperature, Video, Weather, Winter

014What can a beach bum say; the ocean is fascinating. I don’t mean that in a body-surfing or bikini-watching way of course, and no I haven’t dipped more than a foot in the local waves, even in the summer. Folks do that here in the summer, go in the water. By ‘folks’ I mean ‘mostly tourists’ of course. Some get a certificate. I don’t know who produces it, but I still think the whole prospect falls under the let’s-not-and-say-we-did variety. Anyway, no, I haven’t done that, and I don’t plan to do it any time soon.

But the arctic ocean is certainly cool (pun intended). One of the coolest things about living on this coastline is the changing geography of the ocean surface. You walk out one day and a big old ridge-line is sitting where flat ice had been the night before.

That was starting to happen this year; it was getting interesting. And then suddenly I come out to find open water just a few hundred feet out from shore. Folks would be expecting a lead to open up between the shore-fast ice on our coastline and the larger ice-pack out in the deep, but this much open water is a bit unusual.

It’s strange. Most of Alaska seems to be having a colder-than-usual year. Here in Barrow, it’s been abnormally warm. Might be the open water is due to other reasons, and it might even be that other folks would know more about that than I would.

…I don’t mean folks swimming in the waters of course.

That would be insane!

I have to apologize for the quality of the first video. I was actually talking the whole time, but you can’t hear me over the wind. I should probably also apologize for the second video cause it shakes horribly (and the sound sucks in this one too, but it’s just good enough that you can enjoy my nasal-sounding narrative, complete with ridicu-pauses for that unintended type of comic effect. …there is a reason I’m not a video-blogger). Anyway, I’m a bad man. So, just think of it as a cognitive assault.

Muhahahah!

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Arctic Graffiti!

22 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography, Street Art

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Alaska, Barrow, Funny, Graffiti, Humor, Snow, Street Art, Winter

Beware to look at the snow; the snow looks back at you!

Beware to look at the snow; the snow looks back at you!

The other day I opened an email from a friend in the lower 48. It said; “-28, wow!” I had no idea what he was trying to tell me. Turns out, he had looked up the current temperature in Barrow.

Hey, look graffiti!

…sort of.

(Click to embiggen!)

Smiley face
Life in the 907, Yo!
Still the 907, plus a little more.

Y’all are just jealous, because I live on the beach!
Course the water is not in liquid form.
Allied Health Students, no doubt.

I heard it was Vin Diesel
Top of the World
Frost forms like this everywhere, and it’s kinda cool, no pun intended.

More on the area code.
Sundry Snow Tags
Beware to look at the snow; the snow looks back at you!

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Ordering Pizza in the Arctic

05 Tuesday Feb 2013

Posted by danielwalldammit in Bad Photography

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Arctic, Humor, Oops, Ordering Out, Photography, Pictures, Pizza, Snow, Winter

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This was after about two and a half days of blizzard. The odd thing is that I don’t actually think it snowed, but apparently the wind blew straight at my door for awhile.

 

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A Day at Anaktuvuk Pass

25 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by danielwalldammit in Alaska, Bad Photography

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Alaska, Anaktuvuk Pass, Caribou, Mountains, North Slope, Photography, Photos, Winter

Moon Over a Mountain

Moon Over a Mountain

Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to spend the day at Anaktuvuk Pass. We flew in at about 10ish in the morning and back out at 8ish in the evening. Anaktuvuk Pass is a small community on the North side of the Brooks range. It is currently home to about 300 people, having grown out of the settlement of Nunamiut (interior Inupiat).

At one time, I am told caribou herds used to come through this pass in the thousands. Today the numbers are not so high, and I hear they don’t come quite so conveniently close-by for supper. Still, I’d wager you can get a good bowl of tutu stew in this community.

Anaktuvuk Pass is also the home of Rainey Hopson, whose blog Stop and Smell the Lichen is a favorite of mine. I didn’t get a chance to meet her, but some day… Anyway, if you really want to know what life is like, read Rainey’s blog. She also makes mustards and jams, etc. from local berries and sells them online. …yes, I’m giving her a plug.

Highlights of the trip included a visit to the school, another visit to the museum, and several walks around the community, a camera in my frozen hand.

See how I suffer for you, my dear readers!

Actually, I was rather surprised to find it was only 25 below, because it sure felt worse than that. By this time of year, I should be getting used to that kind of temperature, but we’ve had a rather warm winter thus far in Barrow. It’s just 6 degrees below here at the moment. …getting spoiled!

(If you zoom out one click at a time, it’s kinda neat.)

Heh, …when we first flew in, I was excited because I thought I saw trees, but my colleague quickly corrected me. They were merely bushes.

(Sigh!)

As always, you may click a picture to embiggen it.

Something of a traffic jam, two planes at the airport!
Gotta love the dumpsters of the North Slope
Now that’s a mascot!

Frozen City Block
Moar Dumpster Goodness!
I’m Guessing this playground won’t see much use for a couple months.

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Not one, but TWO painted Dumpsters!
Nuther Dumpster

Frozen Wind Power
Inupiaq Value
Pious Dumpster

Dangers of Ice, …and the bottom technique for getting out of water is damned hardcore!
Hunting Tools
Fishing Spearhead

Founding families of teh community
Windows Made of Intestine
Okay, I’m told there are real trees about 30-40 miles South of AKP.

Old Church
Sod House (which I’m told was still in use until a few years ago.
Museum Display

Old Church
Caribou Hide chinking in the walls of the old church.
Moon Over a Mountain

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