Barter Island

  1. Galleries
  2. Land Photos
  3. North America
  4. USA
  5. Alaska
  6. 2011-09 Alaska #4 with Cheesemans Ecology Safaris
  7. Barter Island
View Slideshow
  • Waldo Arms Hotel
    Waldo Arms Hotel
    Our accommodation on Barter Island.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5291
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Waldo Arms Hotel
    Waldo Arms Hotel
    Trailer houses assembled into a hotel.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5292
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Red Grass
    Red Grass
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5294
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scheuchzer's Cottongrass
    Scheuchzer's Cottongrass
    Eriophorum scheuchzeri
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5295
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5296
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5297
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fresh Kill
    Fresh Kill
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5298
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Supplies come in via shipping containers, but little departs the island.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5300
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5302
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Residence
    Residence
    All sorts of things accumulate around the homes.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5303
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sim's Store
    Sim's Store
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5304
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Discarded Things
    Discarded Things
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5307
    Larry L. Jackson
  • New Cemetery
    New Cemetery
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5309
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Building
    Building
    Possibly a storage building.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5310
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Building
    Building
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5311
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jawbones
    Jawbones
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5315
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-bellied Plovers
    Black-bellied Plovers
    Pluvialis squatarola
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#3991
    Larry L. Jackson
  • American Golden Plover
    American Golden Plover
    Pluvialis dominica
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4009
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - headed for the whale bone pile.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4036
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4052
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - with something extracted from the water.
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4057
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - just outside our bus.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5333
    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
    2011-09-05#5406
    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
    2011-09-05#4130
    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
    2011-09-05#5424
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - relaxing while her young feed.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4157
    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
    2011-09-05#4179
    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
    2011-09-05#5459
    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
    2011-09-05#5485
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4238
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#5496
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4255
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 5, 2011
    2011-09-05#4258
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grizzly Bear
    Grizzly Bear
    Ursus arctos
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4265
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4270
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4309
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - getting a 'tasty' bit off the whale bone.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4356
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - apparently the dried whale flesh is still nutritious.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4366
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4389
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - grabbed a photo bean bag out of the bus window.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5569
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - scattering some of the beans.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5586
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - female and one of her large juveniles.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5605
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - last years whale carcass.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5618
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5655
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Landing Craft Wreck
    Landing Craft Wreck
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4420
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Muktuk
    Muktuk
    The indigenous people are allowed to kill three whales a year for their traditional food.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5663
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Short-eared Owl
    Short-eared Owl
    Asio flammeus
    Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4425
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mushrooms
    Mushrooms
    Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5665
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Arctic Willow
    Arctic Willow
    Salix arctica
    Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5666
    Larry L. Jackson