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Discussion in 'People I Have Known' started by Don Alaska, Jul 18, 2022.

  1. Don Alaska

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    The Inuits and Yupiks ( the other major Eskimo group) base much of their life on the sea. Both groups do some hunting, and the Inuits/Inupiaqs do more whale hunting than the Yupiks do. The Aleuts are another group who base their life on the water, but they inhabit the Aleutian Chain (hence the name of the islands) and, while it is incredibly stormy out there, it is not quite as cold.
     
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    You can join that other guy.:)
    This guy moved form Iowa to Alaska in the 1950s or 60s, and he made it, but he had a lot of skills:
     
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    I would think that lack of a back-flow valve beats your pumps to death...but you gotta do what you gotta do.
     
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    I wrote--then deleted--a few Treadwell comments.
     
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    He just liked the wildlife a bit too much....
     
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    Doesn't seem to affect much in that regard.
     
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    Not me. I am moving into my barnhouse. It already has a wood stove. I planned to skip Becoming an Alaska woman and moving to Alaska when I watched episodes on tv where the mosquitoes kept carrying off the cameramen. Those bloodsuckers stampede caribou!
     
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    One year it went down to 9 feet here(Wisconsin). But only the one time that I can remember.
     
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