Deep Freeze
It hasn't happened yet but looking at the forecast for this week the temperatures are going to drop by about 20 degrees to -40 by Tuesday. After a very nice (by nice I mean above zero, but stormy because it is warm) couple of weeks the temperatures have plummeted again. Negative 20 is the low but warming up a little when the sun comes out. The sun is quickly returning and now it is still pretty light until about 5 pm.
This weekend Noatak hosted basketball games. The varsity girls played two games against Kivalina and the middle school boys hosted Kotzebue. On Friday Kayla coached the girls game because the other coach was sick with a sore throat. It was a close game but they ended up losing when their tall girl fouled out and then to compound matters another girl fouled out to have them finish the final 3 minutes with only four players on the floor. They won on Saturday in another close game. The tall girl had 38 points 27 rebounds.
On Monday of this past week a few elders came to the school and cut up a couple spotted seals. One of the local business' donated the seals for the students to learn the old ways. I was able to watch part of the cutting. When you think about it, it's kind of hard to believe that these things can survive living in the cold water until you see the layer of fat that they are protected by. The fat is 3 inches thick and it covers their entire body. When they cut it off to render it it looks almost like a small blanket that consist entirely of fat. I decided that seal meat and seal oil to Eskimo's is similar to what pork and bacon is to a white person.
This weekend Noatak hosted basketball games. The varsity girls played two games against Kivalina and the middle school boys hosted Kotzebue. On Friday Kayla coached the girls game because the other coach was sick with a sore throat. It was a close game but they ended up losing when their tall girl fouled out and then to compound matters another girl fouled out to have them finish the final 3 minutes with only four players on the floor. They won on Saturday in another close game. The tall girl had 38 points 27 rebounds.
On Monday of this past week a few elders came to the school and cut up a couple spotted seals. One of the local business' donated the seals for the students to learn the old ways. I was able to watch part of the cutting. When you think about it, it's kind of hard to believe that these things can survive living in the cold water until you see the layer of fat that they are protected by. The fat is 3 inches thick and it covers their entire body. When they cut it off to render it it looks almost like a small blanket that consist entirely of fat. I decided that seal meat and seal oil to Eskimo's is similar to what pork and bacon is to a white person.
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