My friend Rodney is still around, and Bambi too.
Just look closely.
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It's the largest of any land animal and is called an Oosik in Inupiat (Eskimo). They tried to give one to Johnny Carson (I think it was) when he came to Fairbanks, but he dropped it on stage when they told him what it actually was.
Yeah, I stopped at the knifeman’s place on the way to Wrangell and he was selling knives with them as handles. I got one with whale bone instead.
I've got a lot of fun stories from living up on the artic ocean & getting to hunt with the natives. Whale, Walrus, Seal, Polar Bear & Caribou. Got to see a lot of neat stuff too plus I can say that I swam in the artic ocean.
A picture of Barrow (Now called Utqiagvik) from the air. 1971
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My mom going on a dog sled ride with me mushing the team.
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My science teacher on my wheeled sled getting ready to go to the airport to pickup Joe Reddington Jr who'd won a Iditarod dog sled race the year before.
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The house I lived in while we were in Barrow.
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Those are rib bones holding up a shoulder bone of a whale.
Hard rock hotel and casino, some at the base of the guitar
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