Wednesday, May 30, 2012

. Photobucket These two photos were taken around 1:10 am last night.
. Photobucket Oh and by the way, this is the 1,000th post on this blog :) .

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Breakup

Photobucket The ice is breaking up and moving out. Photobucket This is the best time of year. Photobucket It's not very dramatic right now, but when the ice really gets moving it can put on quite the show. Photobucket It jumbles and piles up, sometimes into huge piles. Photobucket Too bad I'm stuck in the office all day. When I look out my office here is the view that tortures me all day long. It is so nice out :)

Monday, May 28, 2012

Isingak

. Photobucket The other day Ahna Lena and I took drive on the road behing Kotzebue. The dogs ran around and Ahna picked Labrador Tea on the tundra. Photobucket While we were out there we saw several long-tailed jaegers. Photobucket Ahna said that in Inupiaq they are called Isingak (IH-sing-uk. Photobucket She said "We also used to call then 'shit hawks' in english. Photobucket I asked "why is that?" Photobucket And she replied, "I dunno, we just did". Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket .

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012

. I admit that yesterday was the first time I have signed into blogger for THREE MONTHS. Long time. When I signed in I had no idea what I was looking at....it's all changed. I almost couldn't figure out how to write a post. Serves me right I guess Anyway, here are a few photos of my three...yes three dogs. Photobucket My pretty girl Kaija...AKA the Witch. Photobucket Here's Rush...yep, he's back. Photobucket And this is Iggy, AKA Little Pig.....more on him later. .

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Spring is Chugging Along

. Photobucket It's spring in the arctic! Photobucket It happens every year, but every time it does it seems like a miracle. Photobucket Today was chilly and windy, but at least it wasn't snowing :) Photobucket Lots of water on top of the ice. Photobucket Here you can see a big piece of ice that has broken up and shifted. It won't be long now. .