9hrs and 4 airports later Tumi and I are happily setting up shop in the Noorvik Aqqaluk High School. The school is quite modern with built in smart boards and the students have a 1:1 laptop program.
Amy Eakin the science teacher and Gordon Newlin the school building maintenence supervisor and community leader were waiting at the Noorvik landing strip to pick us up. We rode to town in Gordon's truck as we wouldn't fit on the back of Amy's 4-wheeler. Gordon gave us tour of town and dropped us off at the school where Amy
(and three of her kids) gave us a set of keys to the library and let us move in for a week.
We took a walk around the village which is situated on a bluff overlooking the Kobuk River and from the top of the town you can see trucks driving the ice road to Katzebue.
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeletegreat photos and comments. I love sea ice too! Have fun.