Kotzebue and the Noatak National Preserve

 

 

 

The Espenberg job is finished....returning to camp to pack up and head back to Kotzebue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming into Kotz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beware of Dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seek your Bliss

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing how far this GR-3 can push it's signal  from this location..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waiting for the Helicopter pilot to return from fueling....

 

 

 

 

 

A brand new section corner...conceived during the storm ...

 

 

 

 

 

The Oregon Kid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Noatak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ramshackle Funky Kotzebue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Curtiss Wright C-46F. Built in 1945...only about 200 were built...I believe there are 6 of them used by Everts outa Fairbanks as fuel tankers to the villages.

 

 

 

 

 

Take a man who doesn't have an anterior cruciate ligament and have him walk a mile across this stuff   ...  oh the joy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Came across a berry picker ... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of two Wolves on site

 

 

 

Next Page ... The Kobuk River Valley