Last night, I took an unexpected, lightning-fast trip through every village of the Arctic Slope at Facebook speed: how it happened

First, to my Facebook friends who expressed astonishment at how rapidly I visited every single village on the

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The final boat ride of Eli Solomon, Sr: soldier-fireman-rescuer-whaler-husband-father-grandfather - loved and respected by his community

Monday, November 26, mid-afternoon, Utqeagvik Presbyterian Church, Barrow, Alaska, USA

The speeches of remembrance - filled with many happy and humorous memories, told on a sad day, have all

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What I meant when I stated this blog is futile; Barrow school bus; someone on Mirror Lake; Whalen Leavitt

This is Whalen Leavitt, a young whaler from Barrow, at the end of a survival

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Elders past and the whale; children present and connected

One of the ironies I face in keeping a blog is the times when I am out and about shooting the

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Winter light: the noon moon over the Chukchi; the seal oil lamp

The sun last rose above the horizon here in Barrow on November 18. It will rise next on

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