Hiccup comes in the middle of my interview with Archie

I spent most of the afternoon doing an interview with Archie Ahkiviana, who told me about his history and how his and 26 other families snowmachined over from Barrow to make anew the village of Nuiqsut in their ancestral homeland, lived in tents for 18 months but loved it and thrived in temperatures that dropped into the -60's. As a small child, he and his family had to move from their home on the coast when it became law that all children go to school, so off to Barrow they went.

Suddenly, I heard a flutter of wings. It was Hiccup, the cockatiel. Archie told me about two parrots he said drowned after they got dirty and then were given a bath. His daughter who is an EMT was present. She put a straw down each of their throats and performed CPR on them. "Then they were alive again," Archie recalled.

Four Oahu beaches: Wakiki - seven bikinis in a row; Turtle Beach - Shadow Me touches a turtle; Bonzai Pipeline - nice wave and a dog too; Sunset - parrot on bike ride, surfers ride big waves

People were surfing at Sunset Beach, too. They say the waves are supposed to get bigger over the

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