A few photos of some tundra swans taken in Paul's Slough on the Noatak River.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Running along the Shore
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Took a Father's Day boat ride yesterday. The weather was beautiful. Here are some photos of Kaija running along the shore of Paul's Slough on the Noatak River.
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Took a Father's Day boat ride yesterday. The weather was beautiful. Here are some photos of Kaija running along the shore of Paul's Slough on the Noatak River.
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Blog Layout Change
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For the last three years my blog has pretty much looked the same. I have decided I am tired of it and need a new look. The problem with this is I have no template design talents. You will have to deal with some awkward layout issues til I get it figured out. Bear with me, I'll get it straightened out eventually....hopefully without deleting anything on accident.
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For the last three years my blog has pretty much looked the same. I have decided I am tired of it and need a new look. The problem with this is I have no template design talents. You will have to deal with some awkward layout issues til I get it figured out. Bear with me, I'll get it straightened out eventually....hopefully without deleting anything on accident.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Herring
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These are photos from June 3rd. Better late than never. I have been out of town since the 7th so not much of a chance for posting.
Springtime is time to hook herring.
They swim by the Kotzebue along the shore.
When the herring are running Shore Ave is lines with people snagging them with fishing poles.
People fill buckets, totes, and bags with Herring.
Most of us around here like making pickled herring....so much so that this time of year the store totally runs out of vinegar.
It took me and Ahna Lena hours to take car of these fish.
She took the scales off.....
...and I headed, gutted, tailed and finned them.
Then I layered them in a two gallon bucket...salt, fish, salt, fish...
They will keep in salt brine like this for a long time until you are ready to pickle them.
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These are photos from June 3rd. Better late than never. I have been out of town since the 7th so not much of a chance for posting.
Springtime is time to hook herring.
They swim by the Kotzebue along the shore.
When the herring are running Shore Ave is lines with people snagging them with fishing poles.
People fill buckets, totes, and bags with Herring.
Most of us around here like making pickled herring....so much so that this time of year the store totally runs out of vinegar.
It took me and Ahna Lena hours to take car of these fish.
She took the scales off.....
...and I headed, gutted, tailed and finned them.
Then I layered them in a two gallon bucket...salt, fish, salt, fish...
They will keep in salt brine like this for a long time until you are ready to pickle them.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Ice Videos
Some videos of the ice going out that I took last week. The ice is still running and will be for a few more days.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Breakup
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The last week has been breakup. The time when the ice, weakened and rotted from warm weather, breaks up and starts to float out to see on the current. Sometimes this can cause some dramitic ice piling.
Here you can see where a sheet of ice has pushed up our boat onto the shore.
We stood around and waited to see if that particular sheet of ice would keep moving in out direction and smoosh our boat but it didn't.
The movement of the ice was attracting lots of attention.
Huge blocks of ice were being pushed up on shore.
Another sheet of ice was more rotten and crumbly and made a big mountain of smaller chunks.
Kids were having fun climbing on the ice.
Instead of a jungle gym it's an arctic gym.
Some of these sheets of ice are still over 2 feet thick.
The ice can cause a lot of damage if it starts to come ashore near houses or vehivles so the city of Kotzeb ue had a loader nearby to try and push the ice out of the way if necessary.
Here are some people watching the ice on Crowley Marine dock.
I didn't get a chance to upload any video of the ice. I will try and do that sometime tomorrow.
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The last week has been breakup. The time when the ice, weakened and rotted from warm weather, breaks up and starts to float out to see on the current. Sometimes this can cause some dramitic ice piling.
Here you can see where a sheet of ice has pushed up our boat onto the shore.
We stood around and waited to see if that particular sheet of ice would keep moving in out direction and smoosh our boat but it didn't.
The movement of the ice was attracting lots of attention.
Huge blocks of ice were being pushed up on shore.
Another sheet of ice was more rotten and crumbly and made a big mountain of smaller chunks.
Kids were having fun climbing on the ice.
Instead of a jungle gym it's an arctic gym.
Some of these sheets of ice are still over 2 feet thick.
The ice can cause a lot of damage if it starts to come ashore near houses or vehivles so the city of Kotzeb ue had a loader nearby to try and push the ice out of the way if necessary.
Here are some people watching the ice on Crowley Marine dock.
I didn't get a chance to upload any video of the ice. I will try and do that sometime tomorrow.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Wooley Lousewort
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My annual wooley lousewort photos.
They are the first tundra flower to come out in spring.
Tomorrow I should have photos and video of break up ice.
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My annual wooley lousewort photos.
They are the first tundra flower to come out in spring.
Tomorrow I should have photos and video of break up ice.
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