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Kotzebue 2003

Life in Kotzebue moves to the ancient rythym of the earth and its seasons. Northwest Alaska is yet unspoiled by the overpopulation and devastation of the natural environment found across most of the earth. The people of this region have modernized, yet they remain connected to their ancient traditions. The culture of the Inupiaq reaches back in an unbroked chain to the dawn of human history.
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Checking in from Pipe Spit
Checking in from Pipe Spit		 Examining the boat
Examining the boat		 Working the auger
Working the auger		 Air for a wrestler
Air for a wrestler
Russian wrestlers playing videogame
Russian wrestlers playing videogame		 The national anthem
The national anthem		 Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling		 Cutting caribou
Cutting caribou
Ride on the ice
Ride on the ice		 Set net at Pipe Spit
Set net at Pipe Spit		 Checking the meat
Checking the meat		 Learning to cut fish
Learning to cut fish
Sheefish drying
Sheefish drying		 The woodcutter
The woodcutter		 Fallon Fairbanks
Fallon Fairbanks		 Cutting black meat
Cutting black meat
What interests kids
What interests kids		 the interface
the interface		 Cutting ugruk
Cutting ugruk		 Cutting an ugruk
Cutting an ugruk
At Ferguson burial
At Ferguson burial		 Night return
Night return		 The muskrat hunter
The muskrat hunter		 Fording Sadie Creek
Fording Sadie Creek
Sadie Creek
Sadie Creek		 Koji Hara
Koji Hara		 Kotzebue High School, Class of 2003
Kotzebue High School, Class of 2003		 Kindergarten commencement
Kindergarten commencement
Waiting to march
Waiting to march		 Soft shoulders
Soft shoulders		 Pomp and Circumstance
Pomp and Circumstance		 Special Olympics Torch Run
Special Olympics Torch Run
Big fish
Big fish		 Youth league champs
Youth league champs		 Lions Club barbecue
Lions Club barbecue		 Rotten ice
Rotten ice
flip-flop
flip-flop		 Smoke break
Smoke break		 pulling for shore
pulling for shore		 Ice fishing
Ice fishing
Austin and Chewey
Austin and Chewey		 de-pyrimidization
de-pyrimidization		 Eighth-graders
Eighth-graders		 LeMans start
LeMans start
Regional championships
Regional championships		 pb-hoops14.jpg
pb-hoops14.jpg		 Three Queens
Three Queens		 Downed Caravan
Downed Caravan
Fresh caribou
Fresh caribou		 Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee		 Going under the ice
Going under the ice		 Kotzebue
Kotzebue
recycling
recycling		 Hooking sheefish
Hooking sheefish		 Sub-zero firefighting
Sub-zero firefighting		 Pre-game intro
Pre-game intro
pb-hoops1.jpg
pb-hoops1.jpg		 Noatak High School Class of 2002
Noatak High School Class of 2002		 Alaska Technical Center grads
Alaska Technical Center grads		 Aurora
Aurora
The Lady Huskies
The Lady Huskies		 Hip boots
Hip boots		 Ginger with her fawn
Ginger with her fawn		 Eskimo dancing
Eskimo dancing
Ice hop
Ice hop		 Signing ET's drum
Signing ET's drum		 Eskimo dancing
Eskimo dancing		 Lavonne's Fish Camp
Lavonne's Fish Camp
Cross maker
Cross maker		 Burial
Burial		 Big Fish at Sno-Pro
Big Fish at Sno-Pro		 Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden
Runners
Runners		 Cross country
Cross country		 Internet service
Internet service		 In the Kotzebue jail
In the Kotzebue jail
Buckland, Alaska
Buckland, Alaska		 Buckland washeteria
Buckland washeteria		 Fetching water
Fetching water		 The Buckland Washeteria
The Buckland Washeteria
Waiting for the start
Waiting for the start		 Kivalina
Kivalina		 jury duty
jury duty		 Merella
Merella
Whale on the menu
Whale on the menu		 Tubas
Tubas		 Fake!
Fake!		 At the pool table
At the pool table
June Nelson student council
June Nelson student council		 Sounder hogs
Sounder hogs		 pb-pizza.jpg
pb-pizza.jpg		 Public defender's office staff
Public defender's office staff
Evening
Evening		 Last of the three-wheelers
Last of the three-wheelers		 Coconut
Coconut		 Mammoth tooth
Mammoth tooth
Tusk
Tusk		 Eskimo drum
Eskimo drum		 Drummers
Drummers		 Senator Lisa Murkowski
Senator Lisa Murkowski
A cold one after the race
A cold one after the race		 Wrestlers
Wrestlers		 New aktiqluqs
New aktiqluqs		 Sheefish
Sheefish
Crabbing
Crabbing		 Dog farming
Dog farming		 Horses that Tolt
Horses that Tolt		 Icelandic
Icelandic
The school board in Noatak
The school board in Noatak		 Lightering zinc concentrate
Lightering zinc concentrate		 Andrea and Maija
Andrea and Maija		 pb-maggie.jpg
pb-maggie.jpg
Purple Haze
Purple Haze
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Jan 26-Aug-2010 23:26
Hello,

Just trying to find some info. out if possible. I have a drawing by Leo Schaeffer. I am having trouble finding out who this is. Could it be Leo Schaeffer the State Representative from your site? Did he draw as a hobby possibly? Any info. would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Jan

Glenn Lodge 20-Jul-2009 20:25
James, It was good to hear you on the radio call in. Hope everything went well with your surgery. The Cannon I bought from you is working fine and I have taken alot of photos with it down here in the Mohave Desert. We are fine but missing Alaska (Kotzebue) very much. At least we have lake Havasu to swim and boat on. Best of health to you.

Glenn & Martha Lodge
Gayle Ralston 19-Jun-2009 17:31
Good Morning James, Nice to hear you on KOTZ again. Thanks for your many contributions to Kotzebue & the NANA region.Wishing you good health & prosperity. We hope you get to come back soon.
Terry (Baker) Pearce 19-Jun-2009 16:51
Hi James - good to hear you on OTZ Radio this morning - miss your articles in the sounder - great pictures on your website - really enjoying them
Joannie Sr. Mucktar 25-Mar-2006 20:47
these are great pictures having never seen alaska it sure looks like a good place to live in thanks from Pond Inlet Nunavut Canada
Jimmie Evak 05-Oct-2005 17:25
Having lived in Kotz most of my life, seeing these pics makes me realize how unique our lifestyle is in relation to the rest of the world. Your eye for composition is great. Keep adding more.
Guest 05-Sep-2005 09:32
Hello James,

I landed on your site from a search for the Canon 15 fisheye. I spent over an hour devouring the photos on your site and lost all interest in lenses, cameras, and dinner. All I can say is WOW. You have a great gallery that I've bookmarked. I love photos that tell a story. Your photos do just that. Your short narrative is like icing on the cake.

Thanks for your contribution to pbase.

Bob England
abigail 02-Apr-2005 01:45
i lived in kotzebue for 1 year in 2002 its great to have these pictures to show my family and friends back home in ireland -good job.
Guest 27-Feb-2004 05:10
very wonderful images, thanks for sharing.
Paul Teixeira15-Feb-2004 18:23
Great series. You've documented a way of life here in a very intense way. Thanks for sharing these pictures.

Best regards,
Paul Teixeira
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