Scenes of Shishmaref

Greta standing on the shore of the Chukchi Sea.
It is a beautiful day and almost balmy at -18 degrees!

Freight sled with winter's gilding

A shopper walks home from the Native Store with her purchases on the sled.

Artic sidewalk (school entrance) after a visit from Jack Frost.

Simple grasses plus winter's magic equal exquisite beauty.

The road by the cemetery.

Caribou skins drying.

Sunrise around 11:30 a.m.
There are only about 3 hours of daylight at this time of year.

One of the sled dogs. There are at least six dog teams on the island.
Some are used to haul freight and some for racing. Shishmaref was the home of
the legendary Iditarod musher: the Shishmaref Cannonball, Henry Nayokpuk