Gambell and St. Lawrence Island, August 2001back to xpda.com |
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 This looks like big sand dunes on the peninsula west of Nome. |
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 This formation is off the coast of St. Lawrence Island. It's big. |
 This formation is off the coast of St. Lawrence Island. It's big. |
 To get an idea of the size, look at all the seagulls on top of the left rock. There are some flying around too. |
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 This looks like some interesting rocks. |
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 All the gravel along the shore is natural. It's all gravel and no sand. |
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 Siberia. They said, "There's nothing there." |
 Inside the gravel is a big freshwater lake. |
 These bones are from a bowhead whale head, complete with some skin. There are lots of these around the island. |
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 Here's my driver. It was his whale head. |
 Old bones |
 They dig in the "boneyards" for ivory to sell. The eskimos have been dumping leftovers form their hunts here for "10,000 years". |
 Alaska blue flowers, closed variety. |
 Alaska rock bird (puffins, St. Lawrence Island) |
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 Alaska big-billed rock birds (puffins, St. Lawrence Island) |
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 Alaska quail? |
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 Puffin, St. Lawrence Island |
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 Lots of stuff grows on the rocks. |
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 They cover some of their boats with walrus skins. |
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 Here's a guy working on one. |
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