High in the Arctic !! Eskimo....

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  • Majik ImajeMajik Imaje Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited June 7, 2011
    Although I wasn't in Barrow this year for whaling; we are still in Anchorage.
    But under the 'fair use act' I can use these photos from a friend that was there.
    A whale was caught not too far away from this crew, That animal being cut up and divided brought the smell of blood into the air; polar bears soon arrive in many different locations looking for food.
    Making noise, waving arms, shouting and firing a rifle into the ice close by is enough to scare them away.


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    It is always a good thing to have someone in front of you with a rifle!! (chuckle) Just in case.!!

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    No one is going to shoot a baby; polar bear or a teenager. The adults however sometimes present a problem. They are stubborn. Every attempt is always made to get that bear out of the camp site area and back away from where people are located.
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    This is the wrong side of an umiaq to be on. I Have always been told - stay away from the left side of the umiaq. Only walk and sit on the right side. I have no idea how this image was created. I only know wht I have learned in the past and some things are very taboo out on the ocean ice. This is one of them. Wearing Red is another no no.. blues, whites, browns. are ok to wear but no other bright colors.allowed..
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    Again the wrong side of the umiaq; I have seen in the past; hunters pick up their rifles and tell the person sternly; get away from that side of the umiaq!
    you give away their position by standing up in that area before the umiaq. The whales approach from that direction. (left). Hunters are always BEHIND the umiaq. never in front of it.
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited June 8, 2011
    Oh my ... those bears do come in close.
  • Majik ImajeMajik Imaje Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited June 18, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Oh my ... those bears do come in close.

    Yes; you must be aware of your surroundings on all sides.

    ANYTHING; can happen @ any time with no warning. You must be prepared.. .. that is the only way to survive out here.

    Mistakes can be very costly! this is no video game; This is the real thing; and there is danger present in all directions from all types of different sources, The ice, & Polar Bears are enough to keep you very busy, add to that the wind. Wind storms can happen in the blink of an eye. Be sure to spot the tell tale signs by keeping your eyes on clouds and movements of the clouds. What type wind from which direction? These are the signs you constantly watch and observe.
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  • Majik ImajeMajik Imaje Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2011
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  • Majik ImajeMajik Imaje Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2013
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  • Majik ImajeMajik Imaje Registered Users Posts: 266 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2015
    Happy Thanksgiving from the upper regions of the Arctic in Alaska !!

    Big grins for all you "grinners"!
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