So life's been pretty nice up here in Barrow, AK. Colder, but nice. I have learned a lot of interesting things since I have gotten here and so for lack of a better idea I am just going to list them off.
1. When whaling (hunting a whale) they throw a harpoon into the whale which has a small explosive on it, and that's how they kill it.
2. You do not have to be a Native Alaskan to be on a whaling crew.
3. The caribou limit up here is 5 a day.
4. The bowhead is thought to possibly live for up to 150-200 years.
5.There are no trees here but there is a Barrow National Forest with Baleen Palms (drift wood pounded into the ground with baleen fastened to the top made to look like a palm tree).
6. Joe the Waterman has the most amazing (and the most) artifacts I have ever seen in a persons house.
7. The arctic fox is under quarantine for a large portion of the population having rabies.
8. Barrow has a million dollar football field.
9. Milk is about $11.00 a gallon (and you can buy alligator meat as well).
10. The elementary school is almost bigger than my high school and it has an indoor playground. So, that's a bit of what I have been experiencing up here. I can't wait for what's next (like the spring festival that is going to start tomorrow). Until next time, Cassandra
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