This is a great picture of Jon with his team of Dillingham Wolverines in the big town of Barrow, Alaska. One of the first things I noticed is how the boys are dressed!! Did they not realize that the temperature was -50?? The kids we taught in New Stuyahok used to tell us, "But Eskimo's don't FEEL the cold!" Um... not all the kids pictured here are Eskimo! :) I guess you need style even when you are posing for a picture under whale rib bones by the Arctic Ocean. Go figure. But I am jealous that Jon got to go to Barrow and I didn't. Even though he was gone from us for such a long time it sounds like he had a great trip. Barrow has a population of over 5,000 people- three schools (Elementary that sports an indoor playground, Jr. High, High School), a Community Center, a few restaurants, a LARGE AC Store (large grocery chain here in Alaska like a Safeway) and some other activities you wouldn't expect to see above the Arctic Circle.
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