What does one do with a visitor in a remote village?
Category Archive: Northwest Arctic Borough
Word of the Week
Chuckerator: (chuk•ə•rādər) noun. 1. When it is so cold outside that your cunnychuck can serve as a refrigerator or freezer.
Side Note: Chuckerator is just a word used by some of my coworkers, but it often results in slushy or frozen pop and can be a good place to keep extra freezer items…if you keep an eye on the temps.
Touristing Around Kivalina
When weather prevents you from starting Spring Break away on the day you had planned…
Not all villages have 3G or 4G access. Mine is one of those.
I never once questioned what life would be like to not have running water…now it’s my students’ reality.
Word of the Week
Washateria: (wäsh•ә•tir•ēә) noun. 1. The water tower in town where people can go to get their water for $0.25/5 gal.
Side Note: Because I am blessed to have running water, I’m not sure on the exact price or the operating hours, but I do know that everyone in the village has to fetch water from the washateria.
“Here comes the sun, here comes the sun…and I say, it’s all right.”
Blizzard: Before, During, and After
My remote village north of the arctic circle has more food delivery options than my parent’s home in the lower 48.
Lesson 1: Always buy a shovel.
Tumbleweed Soul 