Feb 1st 2015, Barrow side of town. My back is to Arctic Pizza. I'm trying to show you the sea ice.
Frozen sea ice
Feb 1st 2015 sign near Arctic Pizza
I met an awesome student in the two days that I was teaching Personal Finance. He showed me some books and visits my classroom during lunch. We have interesting talks about survival. This is a picture of the books we were talking about.
The Whaling Commission had a week long meeting at the high School. I liked the sign because of the pictures and words. This community survives from the whales that give themselves to the community.
This is the bottom of the sign.
2/8/2015 @ 2:30 We decided to have a picnic in the truck at Freshwater Lake. We were tired of being cooped up in the house. We had to get out and do something in the sunlight.
2/8/15 - On the road to Freshwater Lake
Nothing but snow!
Don't let the sun confuse you. Its like -30 outside!
I like this picture because you can see the truck, sun and nothing but snow and ice.
Another view
Snow drifts on the way.
The lake is behind her and its frozen solid.
Georgia climbs down to get Abi.
Its strange to look around and see nothing. No trees, no bushes, nothing is there.
I love the color of the sky.
One more picture of Abi.
One more view of the sea ice. 2/8/15
The Messenger Feast known as Kivgiq (Kiv-vee-ick) was held Feb 9 - 15th. People from surrounding villages arrived in Barrow for traditional dancing, singing and more. It was held all day long in the high school gym. Students attended during the school day with permission from their parents. They were still responsible for making up the work.
Lighting of the seal oil lamp.
I have my planning period right before lunch. I went to Kivgiq on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
This is King Island Dancers.
I pulled Abi and Georgia out of school for the day. They went to Kivgiq with Toby for a few hours. They loved the dancing and drums. Emily stayed at school due to workload.
2/15/15 @ 5:45pm by the Fur Shop
Another Fur Shop picture.
I can't believe the answer on this assessment. I have to give that student points for creativity in his or her answer.
And February was the month that I updated my CPR/First Aid card. This is Georgia's little brother that I practiced on.
February saw the end of my many colored hair.
That's not highlights, that's grey hairs!
My shade is now Expresso.
And
now
its
time
to
see
the
blizzard
conditions
2/25/15 @ 4:30pm
I took a taxi home due to the weather. I like to walk and take the bus but today it was not happening.
We were unable to drive on the land bridge beside Ipalook. We had to take the long way home due to snow drifts. This is a series of pictures that I took on the way home.
Yes I know that the taxi cab had a bad crack in the window. Its difficult to find a car or truck that doesn't have a cracked window.
You can barely see the Top Of The World Hotel in the background.
I got home before it got too bad on the roads. It got really bad at night. They cancelled schools to give the city trucks time to scrape the roads.
Emily's team won Battle of the Books for the district. They placed 14th out of 25 at State.
And that is everything that happened in February that I didn't tell you about.
