June 24, 2007 Sure I'll try that.

Jack’s weather report:

This morning it is cool and foggy, although not like the fog we had rolling in this past Thursday, more on that soon.  The morning sun made fogbows, as opposed to rainbows, as you looked to the west…..another twist in the weather of the far north.

Temp: 32 °F (0 °C)

Winds: light out of the north

Yesterday, Saturday, June 23, 2007, began as a rather uneventful day.  I worked on photo management and then Paulo and I went out to the biocomplexity site to take permafrost depth and water table measurements.  This only took a couple hours and then we headed back to BASC for lunch.

Here I am taking the depth to the permafrost. 

After lunch we got a call from Lewis Brower, the station manager here at BASC.  He wanted us to come over and sample something he was serving.  I was intrigued and ready for anything.  As many of the houses in Barrow do, Lewis’ house was like visiting a taxidermy.  There were skins, meat , and animal parts everywhere.  Here is Lewis proudly displaying the polar bear skin of the largest polar bear he has bagged

 Lewis stadning in front of his polar bear skin.

….and here are the tusks from his last two walrus kills.  How do they chew?

Walrus Tusks 

 Walrus Teeth

Inside the house was cozy and full of children, all girls.  Lewis took us to the kitchen and there is where we found the dish he wanted us to sample….it is called "giaq”.

Giaq

Giaq on a cracker 

He waited till after we tried it to tell us that it was actually the intestinal lining of a bearded seal with some fat attached.  I thought is tasted fine, especially on a cracker.