Barter Island, Alaska

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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 10:25 AM
10,551 ft (3,216 m)
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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 10:33 AM
8,948 ft (2,727 m)
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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 10:38 AM
3,407 ft (1,039 m)
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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 10:41 AM
2,444 ft (745 m)
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An Air Force hangar from the Dew Line installation.

8/4/2010 10:49 AM
18 ft (5 m)
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They had killed a baluga whale that morning and were cleaning it.

8/4/2010 11:26 AM
43 ft (13 m)
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They had killed a baluga whale that morning and were cleaning it.

8/4/2010 11:26 AM
44 ft (13 m)
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Baluga head

8/4/2010 11:29 AM
46 ft (14 m)
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The old Dew Line installation is still being used by the Air Force, with an upgraded radar.

8/4/2010 11:37 AM
40 ft (12 m)
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The old Dew Line installation is still being used by the Air Force, with an upgraded radar.

8/4/2010 11:38 AM
39 ft (12 m)
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The old Dew Line installation is still being used by the Air Force, with an upgraded radar.

8/4/2010 2:21 PM
21 ft (7 m)
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Snow fence to protect the town of Kaktovik, Barter Island's city of fewer than 300 people.

8/4/2010 2:24 PM
16 ft (5 m)
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There is a twice daily flight to Barter Island.

8/4/2010 2:57 PM
16 ft (5 m)
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The boneyard is on the east end of the island, where they leave all the old whale bones.

8/4/2010 3:31 PM
28 ft (9 m)
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The boneyard is on the east end of the island, where they leave all the old whale bones.

8/4/2010 3:31 PM
19 ft (6 m)
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The boneyard is on the east end of the island, where they leave all the old whale bones.

8/4/2010 3:32 PM
9 ft (3 m)
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The boneyard is on the east end of the island, where they leave all the old whale bones.

8/4/2010 3:33 PM
8 ft (2 m)
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This pod of baluga whales swam by

Beluga
Delphinapterus leucas
Kaktovik, North Slope, AK

8/4/2010 3:46 PM
3 ft (1 m)
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Whale hunt video, Kaktovik, Alaska

8/4/2010 4:00 PM
16 ft (5 m)
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About 8 boats went out and bottled up the whales in the harbor. They killed 4 whales.

8/4/2010 4:05 PM
6 ft (2 m)
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A dead boat

8/4/2010 4:14 PM
3 ft (1 m)
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8/4/2010 4:33 PM
34 ft (10 m)
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Kaktovik

8/4/2010 4:33 PM
34 ft (10 m)
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Kaktovik school

8/4/2010 4:35 PM
47 ft (14 m)
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The Air Force hangar, Barter Island

8/4/2010 4:38 PM
26 ft (8 m)
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An old boat

8/4/2010 4:42 PM
9 ft (3 m)
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8/4/2010 5:40 PM
27 ft (8 m)
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8/4/2010 5:41 PM
27 ft (8 m)
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8/4/2010 5:47 PM
49 ft (15 m)
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8/4/2010 5:48 PM
54 ft (16 m)
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8/4/2010 5:48 PM
56 ft (17 m)
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