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View From Our Window
Note the lovely pained rock and the side of the building next door
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Street Outside our Anchorage Hotel
Lovely Downtown Anchorage
This is a town with a focus on industry (shipping or materials) and tourism. Gift shops, fur shops and over-priced restaurants seem to be the norm.
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Uploaded on Aug 26, 2008
Moose - Anchorage Museum
Southern natives
Warmer climate allowed an above-ground hut of skins. Note the baby hanging in the original snuggly.
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Seal Float
Inflated seal skin float. These were tied onto the tail end of the harpoon line used on whales. The...
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Hand made kayak frame
Still produced today. Originally covered in skins, later in canvas
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Below Ground Shelter
Example of below ground shelter used by northern natives - They would light a fire to soften the ground,...
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Double Kayak
Note the seal intestine parkas they are wearing - supposedly 100% waterproof
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The Transport Van
Lovely Van - used to be a part of the Alaska Correctional System
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The Back Seat Door
No handle as this used to be used by the Alaska correctional system www.test.com
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Alaska '08
