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  • Waldo Arms Hotel
    Waldo Arms Hotel
    Our accommodation on Barter Island.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waldo Arms Hotel
    Waldo Arms Hotel
    Trailer houses assembled into a hotel.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Grass
    Red Grass
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scheuchzer's Cottongrass
    Scheuchzer's Cottongrass
    Eriophorum scheuchzeri
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fresh Kill
    Fresh Kill
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Supplies come in via shipping containers, but little departs the island.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    All sorts of things accumulate around the homes.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sim's Store
    Sim's Store
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Discarded Things
    Discarded Things
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • New Cemetery
    New Cemetery
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Building
    Building
    Possibly a storage building.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Building
    Building
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jawbones
    Jawbones
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Plovers
    Black-bellied Plovers
    Pluvialis squatarola
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Golden Plover
    American Golden Plover
    Pluvialis dominica
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - headed for the whale bone pile.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - with something extracted from the water.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - just outside our bus.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - female and her two large young.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - the bears are very healthy with the ready supply of whale 'jerky'.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - despite large numbers of bears, there was no conflict observed.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - relaxing while her young feed.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - large juvenile climbing on the whale bones.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - the bears would stand up and shake the bus.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4215
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - our guide started the bus and moved a bit when the bears shook the bus too much.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
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    Larry L. Jackson