Barter Island, Alaska

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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 11:25:45 AM
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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 11:33:18 AM
Altitude 8,948 ft (2,727 m)
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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 11:38:49 AM
Altitude 3,407 ft (1,038 m)
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Sea ice between Deadhorse and Barter Island

8/4/2010 11:41:19 AM
Altitude 2,443 ft (745 m)
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An Air Force hangar from the Dew Line installation.

8/4/2010 11:49:22 AM
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They had killed a baluga whale that morning and were cleaning it.

8/4/2010 12:26:46 PM
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They had killed a baluga whale that morning and were cleaning it.

8/4/2010 12:26:56 PM
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Baluga head

8/4/2010 12:29:32 PM
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The old Dew Line installation is still being used by the Air Force, with an upgraded radar.

8/4/2010 12:37:50 PM
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The old Dew Line installation is still being used by the Air Force, with an upgraded radar.

8/4/2010 12:38:40 PM
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The old Dew Line installation is still being used by the Air Force, with an upgraded radar.

8/4/2010 3:21:52 PM
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Snow fence to protect the town of Kaktovik, Barter Island's city of fewer than 300 people.

8/4/2010 3:24:32 PM
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There is a twice daily flight to Barter Island.

8/4/2010 3:57:49 PM
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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 4:31:00 PM
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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 4:31:36 PM
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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 4:32:21 PM
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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 4:33:03 PM
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This pod of baluga whales swam by

8/4/2010 4:46:21 PM
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Baluga whale hunt video

Whale hunt video (57 mb)

8/4/2010 5:00:09 PM
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About 8 boats went out and bottled up the whales in the harbor. They killed 4 whales.

8/4/2010 5:05:45 PM
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A dead boat

8/4/2010 5:14:32 PM
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8/4/2010 5:33:20 PM
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Kaktovik

8/4/2010 5:33:23 PM
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Kaktovik school

8/4/2010 5:35:38 PM
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The Air Force hangar, Barter Island

8/4/2010 5:38:31 PM
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An old boat

8/4/2010 5:42:49 PM
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8/4/2010 6:40:21 PM
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8/4/2010 6:41:25 PM
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8/4/2010 6:47:46 PM
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8/4/2010 6:48:02 PM
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8/4/2010 6:48:10 PM
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8/5/2010 9:53:48 AM
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