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I have.. .. literally.. many more .. .. 'thousands' of photographs of life in the Arctic. Photos that have never been scanned into digital format 7 huge notebooks full of sights, people, stories that have never been put into the format I need to show & tell !! So........give me some time.. I will turn this into many more pages of reading and viewing enjoyment for all to enjoy !!

you use freezers to store food & meat, We use the outside for as long as possible

Only because.. the many freezers that each home has...are full !!

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As these freezers empty or have more room available. fresh meat / fish and other foods. are placed into those many freezers.. Most homes have two large horizontal type freezers.. I have seen homes with 3 or more !!

Jun 06, 2008 at 06:07 PM

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Greetings from the Congo! I just wanted to add my voice to all of those who have praised your photographic essay, and to say that your words and image have opened my eyes to a part of a world that I know little about. I am extremely thankful to have learned about the life of this village from you, unadulterated, unsmoothed and unexaggerated, and look forward to your further posts. True storytelling is an art form that has all but died out in this world of ours, and we are lucky to have someone like you contributing on this site. Warm regards, Spyros

Jun 07, 2008 at 09:19 PM

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Well thank you so much Sypros D I sure appreciate you taking the time to make those uplifiting coments.!!

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I will do my best to make each post, truthful and with the appropriate stores associated with the image(s) !!

Much more to follow soon.. I need a new scanner.. I just gave my scanner and epson 1400 printer to a woman in the village of Atkasuq !!

New replacements are coming in a week or two. I just love to give and when she said she was saving up for a scanner and printer.. well I just had to jump in and make her day !!!

Jun 07, 2008 at 10:06 PM

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The person standing there is Ernie Phillips.. he is from the village of wainright 90 miles south west of Barrow. this is the month of August 2007. I flew up here with my son MarkAndrew on August 7th I haven't seen Ernie since 1990 !! We finally meet again some 18 years later.. He was my apprentice in Wainright in 1988 - 1990. We were walking along the beach talking ol memories and other stories when we saw this SHARK! in the water close to shore. Ernie laughed at me and said. that is not a shark. it is a whale david !! bottom feeeding this close to shore. When I handed Ernie this all printed up the next day 13 x 19 he said. we were on the news last night.. I said how ?? He said, when I was creating this image, a t.v. crew was up on the road far behind us they filmed the whole thing and it was shown on a short segment on State Wide News.!! You just never know what is going to happen here in the Arctic.. !

Recently a eskimo woman drove her car into one of the mechanic shops, because her car was acting funny. the mechanic lifted the hood and was looking around for some sign of why her car was acting funny.. he finally replied.. "I Think you have blown a seal" she quickly wiped her mouth, smacked her lips and said NO !! that is just some mayonaise from lunch !!

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the great white polar bear hunter.. sitting down, waiting for that bear... (yawn) !

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with my luck.. he will approach from the rear... .. just thinking about that.. I got up .. I am finished.. (looking around ) !! scram !!

Jun 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM

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Thank you for posting this thread.

I wasn't expecting the "Blown seal" humour though...I get those on my email about a dozen times a day...hehehe..

I like the storytelling. Very interesting.

Jun 17, 2008 at 01:27 AM

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Where are you posting the pics of this years Whaling Festival?

Jun 19, 2008 at 05:11 PM

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Whaling festival photographs of this years festivals.. will be posted here.. of course.. and on the other forums I have posted on, that people enjoy reading the stories and becoming more familiar with the Inupiaq way of living. A whole communtiy of many hundreds of people that live, work, celebrate, play, worship and Mourn as one. with out ever complaining. The Arctic is heaven on earth. I would not want to live anyplace else !

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Is that a Wolverine skin as part of his "Parky" hood?

Another striking composition as well. Very enjoyable with the light background, good exposure.

Another reason we keep coming back for more.

Ta.

Jun 20, 2008 at 11:15 AM

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Yes that fur ruff is made using wolverine ! It is the best material to use. It is the only fur that will keep your face warm and dry in rain or wet blowing snow.

Good exposure ? I am using a film camea with no light meter. Each image I put up, is straight out of the camera no post processing. Each image I create is the only One. I do not bracket, I only expose one frame per subject, then I move on.

Out on the Ocean ice and in the village, I only use one shutter speed and adjust the aperature for the Values I see in the viewfinder. In other words I am surrounded by ice, White is everywhere, Surely it will confuse any light meter used. I know how to use Exposure Values, and read the light, read the subject. -=[click]=-

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The belt is used for

- to prevent the wind, from going up inside your parky!

Jun 20, 2008 at 04:02 PM

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Now fast forward 2008 - Barrow - Whaling Festival !

Barrow does everything 'different' from Point Hope.

whaling is different, festivals are different, Point Hope (Tikigaq) is the oldest of all villages and as such they strictly adhere to and employ all the age old traditions that the elders insist upon. Centuries old, Millenia Old traditions, ingrained into their unique lifestyle / culture that must be studied and understood for their wisdom.

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Here we are for the first of four festivals held in Barrow this year. These images were created on June 21 of 08. How hot is it where you live ? Here in Barrow it is 50 degrees. that sounds very warm but it is very cold. As you view some of these images, you will easily see and discern that people have their hands hidden (for warmth). The wind is bitting cold, keep your ears covered, ear infections are extremly common here for adults & children alike. The wind will change many times during the day, Wind is a must to learn and understand here, out in the tundra or on the ocean ice, that wind is the key to survival, Death is what awaits if you ignore the warning signs of wind. In the village itself, you are protected from the elements of disaster which are significent in other locations, i.e. Ice movement(s), the freezing rain, ice storms, etc.

Each whaling festival, no matter which village, begins with prayer and thanksgiving . Food & drink is the main course for many hours & hours. Then blanket toos and Eskimo Dance. the festival day is over and it ends.. except in Point hope. it goes on for 3 days non - stop for all practical purposes. Rosemary Oviok (86 year old elder) says that in the old says. they would stay out there for those 3 days. no matter what the weather, rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, they stayed and gave thanks and celebrated!

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Handing out food, waiting in line, servers serving the elders first. Coffee,Tea, Hot chocolate is constantly brewed in these two tents that you will see. Hundreds of people are present for the day's activities, Barrow has a population of 5k give or take, But in comparision, very few people attend, not quite what I had expected at all to see. In Point Hope, Everyone shows up. plus visitors from all over the states and all over the world.

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The weather will change constantly here in the Arctic. When those flags are not moving, Something is about to change, suddenly, watch, learn !!

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One of the most common indicators of how cold it is outside, look at peoples hands. study the way people are dressed for 50 degrees ! that is very hot for the arctic, with no wind. Once that wind is moving, the chill from the ice, as the wind blows over it, makes it very cold outside.!!!

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Boxes and boxes of frozen fish are brought to the festival site, It took less than two minutes to unload this huge trailer and setup the boxes on the table for everyone to partake of more of themany different native foods served here today

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Tony Bryant (Point Hope) is here in Barrow, asking this young whaler who old he is. The merging of the wood in the background and the woman raising her two fingers make this image perplexing and interesting indeed.

Tony Briant is an 'actor' in a new movie about Barrow that was recently made here.
In January, filmmaker Andrew Okpeaha MacLean, originally from Barrow and Fairbanks, walked the red carpet with familiar Hollywood faces at the Sundance Film Festival. His film, which in English means "On the Ice," was chosen as one of 83 special selections of short films out of 5,000 films sent.

More recently, the film collected awards for screenplay and directing at the First-run Film Festival at New York University, where MacLean completed his graduate studies.

Inspired by Sergio Leone and other Western filmmakers in the 1950s and 1970s, "Sikumi" is an "Arctic western" featuring a fictional treatment of a real-life situation.

Apuna, the lead character in this Inupiaq-speaking film, crosses the sea ice several miles north of Barrow on a dogsled when he witnesses a community member in the act of murder. Isolated from anyone and anything, both men face tough questions about their morality "outside the bounds of society," according to MacLean.

"I was thinking about how the characters would react to this situation and how they would react as Inupiaq people, taking into consideration our concepts, values .

"'Avoidance of conflict,' this is how this character would deal with this situation," MacLean said.

"He wouldn't try to subdue the killer but tries to find way to bring the killer to realize the magnitude of what he's done — bring justice within himself."

All three men playing in this film are local actors from Barrow. Brad Weyiouanna plays Apuna, Tony Bryant, with family ties to Point Barrow and Point Hope, plays Miqu, and Olemoun Rexford plays Taqi, the murdered hunter.

MacLean wrote the film as his master thesis project for the filmmaking program at NYU.

This is MacLean's second film to appear at Sundance. His first film, "Seal Hunting with Dad," or "Natchiliagniaqtuguk Aapagalu" in Inupiaq, was a documentary inspired by MacLean's grandfather's life and was screened at the New York Museum of Modern Art in April 2005.

MacLean's films are primarily shot in Alaska and focus on the Arctic and the Inupiaq culture. While living in Barrow before leaving for film school, MacLean co-founded the first Inupiaq-speaking theater company. Both Rexford and Bryant had acted in the theater prior to making films with MacLean.

MacLean has dedicated himself to promoting the preservation of his Native tongue.

Familiar with the language from home but not a fluent speaker, MacLean taught himself the language with the help of his mother Edna Agheak MacLean, who is a well-known linguist. His mother also helped translate the film's script from its original English version to Inupiaq, according to MacLean.

"Most of my generation grew up around the language but couldn't really speak it myself, and I was feeling something was missing," MacLean said.

"I tried to teach it to myself and tried to find ways to use it — one of the ways that has been effective is in theater and film pieces that I make," he said, "I want to get it to be used in a more public way as part of the media."

"Everywhere you look there is pop culture reference to Eskimos, but no one has seen Inuit culture as expressed by Inuit people," MacLean said.

"People are very curious about it and definitely respond to that."

MacLean's next goal is to make a full-length feature. He is working on the script for that project.

Another project under the works is a documentary film about the effects of global warming in the Arctic.

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The servers assigned to each crew walk around to make sure everyone receives a portion of the many varied types of food prepared for this event. Mikigaq is the main delicacy served. This food is dangerous to eat. Just make sure you have not had any sugar products that day. It is possible to die from Botulisim if you have sugar in your system and you eat this food. I always smile and say 'no thank you" I'll pass on this treat !

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Many different types of soup are available,

Fresh caribou soup,

Fresh duck soup of many different varieties !

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Just be patient and wait, Food is served where you sit. You are waited on by many servers that are part of each ot the two crews that were successfull this year in receving a whale.
some of the elders even bring their own favorite bowl, to make things easier for the servers that are passing out food to everyone that is here at the festival grounds.

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There are three more festivals for Barrow this year. the 26th - 28th & 30th. Hurry is you want to visit and enjoy a day you will never forget !!

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Yes it is true. The [B]Governor of the State of Alaska[/B] is on the blanket, she is pregnant so they had to be gentle ! Go Sarah go !! The weather was perfect, a most spectacular day indeed. Up she went, just a few feet. Into the air and back down safely. The crowd around her was massive, it was dificult to even begin to get close to where she was, Immediatly upon her arrival she was swarmed from all directions. This brilliant woman has done something no other governor in the U.S. has ever attained .. 86% approval rating ! That is unheard of .. .. .. in any state by any governor ever !! That was just the most wonderful news item to hear over the television on the news !! I stood up and applauded !! Its about time we have someone who knows the importance of telling and speaking the truth. I am so sick of having to put up with people that choose to lie, to impress others
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It is no easy task to maintain your balance when that blanket is moving up and down, learning how to walk the blanket takes much practice. Governor Palin exhibited her true skills in her first attempt at nalakutaq !!Bending her knees when she landed prevented her from falling over. Go show Governor !! Atta Girl !!

The crowd was pressed on all sides, people wanting to get close to this incredible woman, who has shown the people of Alaska that she truely cares about the people of this Great State of Alaska.

Oops, she sees me, !!! It is obvious !! - We had a good quick chat and a hearty laugh !!
Now for some of the not so common blanket toss !!
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Nope I am not going to attempt that !
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IN Barrow, during blanket toss, candy is thrown, and it is for the [B]children of the village[/B] that are present at the sides of the blanket. In Point Hope, the tradition is totally different and with meaning ! Candy that is thrown, money, furs, and any other 'gifts', [B]are for the 'elders' only[/B] !! Fierce competition is witnessed as the oldest women in the village, compete with one another to grab that prize. women in their 80's and up, running, jumping, diving head first into that gravel to claim their prize. A person only has to [B]witness this once[/B], to see how much different Barrow is from Point Hope in celebrating its culture of many thousands of years.
Blanket toss had its origns down at the lead opening FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS for one purpose and one purpose ONLY !! Hunters would toss a hunter or captain into the air, for only one reason, to see if any animals are migrating through the lead opening ! that was the only purpose ! Everyone out on that ice pack is well aware of the wind and the dangers it presents, As long as that wind (Point Hope) is from the North, (prevailing wind), Life out on the ice continues day to day. No wind ? same situation applies, but everyone is instantly aware of what that can mean or represent. A change is coming.. .. if the North wind continues then all is well.. THE ONLY time, people 'killigvaq' (evacuate the ice in mass panic) is when that wind shifts to south wind. The North Slope Borough published a book in the early 80's, everyone in each village received a copy of this thick blue book. It was published by the 7 sisters - The common name for the Oil companies! this expression is heard all over the place in Prudhoe Bay. Back to the book, I am not able to correctly spell the name of that book, Puiiwiichaq But it was in this book that elders of all villages told stories of long ago, and it was in this book that I read Dina Frankson (Point Hope) tell of when she was out on the ice and a south wind would arrive, they would take a new born child and strip that child of all clothing and hold that child into the wind and move the child in the direction they NEEDED the wind to change so they could stay out there, and hunt for food !!
Again Point Hope is way different from Barrow and as such I will present it in both views.. In Point Hope, the entire community of 700 people head out to the ocean to live on that ice pack for the entire two months. In Barrow a very small portion of the community is directly involved in the activities out on the ocean ice.
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Landing correctly is not as easy as it might appear, candy is still flying all over the place from some of the pieces landing on the blanket itself. Each time that blanket is raised, the candy and the person on the blanket go high into the air. In Point Hope, only a woman that has given birth to her first born may get on the blanket to throw 'gifts' to the elders !!
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Form, and laughter are the other aspects of blanket toss. what posture or position can you achieve during those 2 seconds in the air ?? Each person has their own unique style of jumping, and what to do once you are airborne.
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Award winning form, of walking in the air, is very difficult to achieve. Much skill and practice is the only way to gain these skills. This is not like jumping on a trampoline. Nalakutaq is all together different !

Two successfull crews are honored, two huge cakes, Lots of dessert !! Yummy !
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Lillian Lane (Johnson) from Point Hope sings an Inupiat song and recites a poem. There are always quite a few people here in Barrow from the village of Point Hope. These people in all of these villages are very close to each other no matter which village ! In such a vast area you would not think it possible for the different vilages to be in constant communication with each other but through the VHF radio(s) and the FM radio (KBRW) the whole region is UNITED as ONE. We use airplanes in the same manner you use automobiles !! We constantly fly.. to different villages & different cities - i.e. Fairbanks & Anchorage are the two popular destinations
[B]INUPIAQ VALUES[/B] are what keeps these people so closely knit ! It is sad that other people and cultures do not believe and act in this manner. When a person has to deliberatly lie and twist and change the truth to make his reputation counter increase, SOMETHING IS WRONG with that attitude and the types of people associated with that 'personality' !!

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Some of the sights that are in plain view around the village of Barrow. Food being prepared, Skins being cleaned, for the new covers for the skin boats (umiaq). Umiaq's are everywhere you look in this village, some new, some of them, decades old, filled with stories of past whale hunts.

And then, you come across a new umiaq underconstruction. This is a lot of work to build a sea worthy craft, this requires very skilled workmanship.

An umiaq requires the use of 5 or 6 (Oogruk) (Bearded Seal) skins to cover the boat in the correct manner.

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Everyplace you walk in this village, you will see, old umiaq wooden frames from boats used long ago. Whaling equipment is visible everyplace you walk and look in Barrow.

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Thank you for allowing me in to your village and being with all the people while reading your stories and looking at the pictures. I feel it a privilege to have been among such individuals

Joe

Aug 11, 2008 at 12:10 AM

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I have so much to post yet with photos and stories here in Barrow as soon as I can get these images sorted and uploaded !! I appreciate your time and comments. The Arctic is truely paradise on earth in a different world !!

I would not ever consider leaving the Arctic. It is the best place in Alaska to live and experience the feeling of FREEDOM !!

Aug 11, 2008 at 12:17 AM

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Children are in constant training in their own special ways & methods. Whaling is deep ingrained into their spirit !

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Living in a whaling village is very exciting, watching the people work, seeing all of the work involved, BEFORE whaling ever gets started. I have said many times in other forums, it takes a whole year.. .. just to get [B]ready[/B] to go whaling. The expense(s) that each captain has to invest is just staggering !!

You have absolutely no idea on the incredible amount of work involved to move hundreds of people many miles, and live out on that ice pack for two months time. One whaling captains sled collection. Moving all that is needed to each camp, requires dozens of dangerous trips out to the camp sites. Anything can happen out there, with no warning at all.

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Having personally attended & photographed 5 whale hunts, spending a total time of 10 months or more living on that ice pack is a completly different frozen world for sure. There is just no way to put that experience into words that will impart the difficulty of doing the most menial of tasks.

Food is prepared well in advance, Jerky, (Panaqtaq), dried fish, dried caribou, dried Oogruk ribs. This takes many weeks or months depending on how the individual likes it prepared. Some like it soft and some like it very hard. It also depends on the weather, If it is hot and sunny it will only take a few weeks.

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Panataq is delicious, I do not like eating fish per say, but dried salmon is absolutely delicious !!!

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Lots more to follow.. .. .. soon !!

Aug 11, 2008 at 04:24 AM

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Thanks for the uplifting comments.

One of the very first things I came to appreciate about the Inupiaq way of life is the patient way in which we have to "wait" !

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Food from the whale, from walrus and other 'sea' foods are stored in the underground 'siglauq'.

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This is how huge pieces of blubber and meat are stored to ferment! This is the 'dangerous' food to eat.

When that cover is taken off, and the person climbs down 20 - 30 feet into this frozen permafrost cache, a rope must be tied to the person climbing down.. just in case.

when the cover is taken off. the fumes that are present can knock a person out quickly. That siglauq (Sig - lock) must be aired out to get those fumes out.

This isn't to be taken lightly, this food, flippers and the tail of the whale is very powerful. TO eat fermented 'stink' meat or flippers or the tail, is very dangerous. NO sugar can be present in your system. NO fruit, no sugar in coffee, tea, etc. No soda pop or candy can be eaten if you want to partake of this food. When this food is eaten it 'boils' in your stomach releasing toxic gases. If sugar is present in your system that boiling action, will harden with a crust of sorts and the gases cannot escape, the person ends up dying from Botulisim !!
IN addition to the dangers of eating this, it is also a 'downer'. Upon eating this, it makes you very sleepy I am told, by those that know.
Henry Attanggana of Point Hope died in 1989 because he forgot he had eaten fruit earlier in the day.

The tail of the whale is taken out of the siglauq when the first snow of the new winter covers the village. It is a day of celebration !!

Aug 13, 2008 at 12:53 AM

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Wether you realize it or not...you also included our (possibly) future Vice President Sarah Palin in your awesome story here. Keep up the good work!

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Sarah Palin is perhaps the greatest governor the State of Alaska or any state for that matter has ever seen. She has done something no other governor of any state has ever accomplished. An overwhelming 86% approval rating. No other governor of any state has ever achieved that type of approval!

She is not afraid to go up against the big Oil companies and she went up against them and won 30 billion for the state !!

She knows what the people need and want and that is what she is driven towards.. Government for the people by the people!!

You cannot go wrong in choosing Sarah Palin in the Republician ticket !!

Obama doesn't heven have a valid birth certificate, He is being sued by some high up democrats for his deceptive campaign !! The paper work can be seen online.. He has more names than he has excuses !! He is not even a U.S. Citizen and he is accepting major money from terrorist organizations !!

GO SARAH GO !!! Our country needs you to win !!

I like what she said to the world... .. the difference between a "hockey mom' and a pit bull.. .. is the lipstick !!

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Post like yours are a sad commentary on the state of American politics. People make up blatant, bizarre lies as you have presented above about Obama and repeat them over and over again. There are some ignorant people who believe these things and vote on the basis of such mindless propaganda, rather than on what is best for this country. If you realy care about the future, stick with policy ideas and the truth rather than fabricate lies based on hate and disrespect for others.

Do us all a favor and stay on the topic you actually know something about, the high arctic.

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the #1 book on the New York Times best seller list (since August).. says it all !!

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Independent reviews of that book (not by Democrats) state that the book is full of blatant fabrications and distortions (propaganda) just like his previous book. Number 1 means it is popular with the right wing, not that it is truth.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200808040005

This is a photography forum and I do not want to get into an extend debate, photography please

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Football.. .. in the Arctic The Barrow Whalers are undefeated so far this year with a record of 4 wins and zero losses.

Today (Sept 6th) Homer Alaska football team flew up to Barrow for today's game. Photos will be posted at the end of the game.

Blue astroturf ?? That is what Barrow wanted.. school colors for the playing field !!

The whole game of last week .. all the photographs are posted on my Blog of ICE

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The head of the North Slope Borough School District - Trent Blankenship is visible in the Inupiaq Parky watching with intense interest in the outcome of the game.

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Thank you for sharing.

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