Sea ice. So what? It's a big deal here. Once the Chukchi Sea freezes, the shores of Shismaref will be protected from the storms that ravage her shore. So sea ice is a big deal here. In the two weeks that we've been here, we have watched the Chukchi go from open water to ice as far as one can see to open water with ice floes. No matter--it's always a beautiful view, and we can see it from our window!
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These pictures are amazing! I'm only a college student now but I yern for the chance to see a sight like that with my own eyes.
jthomas,
This is an amazing place. Fifty years ago, when I was just kid, I wrote a report on Alaska, which was about to become our 49th state. Little did I know then that I would be living with the Eskimo people I was then writing about. A person never knows where life's journey will take her--or him.
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