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Another Phalarope

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Breakup Ice

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Drill Baby Drill???

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I hope not. Can you imagine millions of gallons of oil gushing into an ocean that is covered with ice nine months of the year? How would you even attempt to clean that up?

Oil & Ice - Dan Rather Reports from Alaska Wilderness League on Vimeo.

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Wooly Lousewort

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I love wooly lousewort.




Sure they are not the most pretty plant, in fact they are kinda funny looking, but what I like best about them is that they are the first flower to struggle up out of the tundra each spring.




Though the tundra is still all brown the wooly lousewort is sticking up as pretty and pink as can be.





This plant is well adapted to the arctic spring. The stem is covered with hairlike material that protects it from wind and cold.





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Pussy Willows

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Name That Bird

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Ice Fishing OR Boating

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Take your pick. Yesterday I went ice fishing.....but I could have gone boating. We were fishing on the ice near the open channel.



























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Twitterpated Redpoll

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This little guy was outside my door just singing his heart out.





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It's In There Somewhere.....

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