Good afternoon, from Barrow Alaska. So we have a little change of plans today. We
were gonna do the tour. But our friend Glenn gave us like a four hour tour
yesterday afternoon. So we don't need to do the organized tour through the hotel
but I have heard that their tour is really amazing. They said they went to all the same
places we did and we literally had like an archaeologist telling us everything
about the town.So...Yeah! It was a special day...So now we're gonna head into the
supermarket here called Alaska Commercial Company also known as the ACC
store...Traditional top that women in Alaska wear is the Kuspuk and I've
never gotten one as long as I've lived here. This one is beautiful. I really like
that it has kinda like beading or embroidery on the edges. I think that's
embroidery.As much as I want one.I'm thinking I might have one just made for
me so I make sure it's the right size. There's a lady that a lot of my friends
buy from.I think I might do that. Well this stores more like a Walmart.It has
everything. Furniture, shoes and if you need a new ATV you can also get out here.
People are very chatty here.You can find out all the local gossip just hanging out.
Yeah! Everybody has been gossiping with us and... we know all kinds of dirt. So....
we're not gonna share that dirt but we've been hearing some dirt.Not sure if
we've ever told you about pilot bread but it's like a cracker and it's like super
shelf-stable. So it's very popular in Alaska for like remote cabins.It's not
my favorite type of cracker but it is totally edible. My favorite way to have
pilot bread, I was introduced to it by my friend and she makes her own
salmon salad with a delicious recipe that she was generous enough to share
with me and then you eat it on pilot bread. And when I worked at the clinic
out there, she would bring it to me for lunch. It was so good...
We're gonna make some quick rounds through this grocery store, just to share
some prices of products in a very remote Alaskan village. 12 pack of soda is 1295. A bag
of tostitos tortilla chips on sale for 1074. How much is a 1 roll of toilet
paper worth to you? Here, 260. That's not even the good stuff. Now this is fairly
reasonably priced I think. You get a pack of condoms for $13 and it's a pleasure
pack! Your choice, you can get Lucky Charms on sale for 851 or Froot Loops
for 973. How much do you pay for a gallon of milk? They pay $10 here....1682... 959 for a
gallon of water. 289 mac and cheese. 1.3 pounds of ground beef nine dollars and
fifty one cents. The avocados are $5 each and for this
particular tomato just a little under $4. $2.99 a pound for bananas. The grand
finale of our grocery store tour.... Half of a watermelon for $37.Now it's time to
head into the Inupiat Heritage Center. Right behind me is the skull of a
Bowhead Whale.... Oh wow! This is very well done!
We're gonna head into the crafts room and I'm gonna have to ask permission to
do some video on there before we just go barging on in. But maybe we'll find some
neat little treasures. What you're looking at here are bay leeds. There's
whales that are filter feeders and certain whales have teeth like Orcas and
Belugas. But the Bowhead whales and a lot of the Humpbacks and Grays and Blue whales,
They are filter feeders so they feed on like plankton and krill. And
these, right here, are the.. kind of had the filter mechanism. This is made out of
baleen as well. And this is a walrus tooth, polar bear claw, bearded seal
claws, ivory earrings. So this is scrimshaw also made out of baleen and all
the artwork is just edged into it. That was another highlight of this trip.
If not, "THE" highlight! We got to meet some of the local hunters and also met Van.
He's ahhh... the actual captain of a whaling boat. And... Then we found something for you. So a
man named Jimmy, I'm gonna insert the picture right here. He made some
scrimshaw on a chunk of baleen. We're gonna have to think up of a really good
question for you guys. For whoever wants to win this baleen prize.
I also forgot to tell you that, Van invited me to come up and be a helper
when they do their whale hunting harvests. So that right there would be an
amazing experience. So I'm going to have to find sometime in spring or fall to
fly up here and participate in one of their whaling harvests. Since we're not
taking the tour, we actually have quite a bit of time to kill here. But, sadly
there's also not a whole heck of a lot to do here, if you don't have like a
four-wheeler to go exploring the country out here. But we're going to head on down
to the beach here and then walk our way over to the whale bone arch.
Four-wheelers are definitely the preferred means of getting around in ahhh...
these villages. And ahhh...This is a pretty nice beach so you can just run
up and down on and do whatever you really want to.....
This camera just crashed and I thought I lost all the data from today.But we're
back in business!
Alright guys! We made it back to Anchorage and picked up the truck....and...
Another journey begins. The two and a half hour ride home to Seward.
And ahhhh..... Let's see! We're gonna grab a bitting. And I'm kind of exhausted...I'm totally exhausted!
So yah! I think we're going to just wrap this video up. Unless something really
awesome happens on the ride home. Yeah! Not like we haven't shown you the
Seward highway... Yeah! So hey! Thanks for joining us. Be sure to like, comment
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