Nunivak Summer

Arctic Hours...

This site is a video blog and vodcast for the Kuskokwim Campus' Summer Field Camp on Nunivak Island. Here you will find multimedia presentations from students and faculty completed during the summer of 2005.

Vodcast / link to our RSS feed here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/kuc_summerscience

Photo archive of many of the photos presented on this blog are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuskokwim_campus_uaf/sets/565809/

More information on the camp can be found at the parent website:
http://fc.bethel.uaf.edu/~summer_science/

Enjoy the video presentations by students and staff. Feel free to comment!






View 'Arctic Hours' video

To Nash Harbor

Hurry up and wait...the students were up and ready, raring to go...but the weather on the Island had other ideas. ERA Aviation in Bethel took all of our baggage and readied two planes.





After waiting for in Bethel for two hours we were finally able to board the planes and head for the Island.




When we got off of the plane we met a couple of people at the airport. We had a ride from the airport to the boat with all of our other stuff. Couple of the students went on the first boat trip to Nash Harbor. The rest stayed behind and waited. While we waited we went to the NIMA Corporation.







The camp we found at Nash was a real treat for anticipatory eyes.
View James Joekay's video tour of the camp.


The Camp by James Joekay Jr.

Mikisagimiut Spike Camp

Spike camp at Mikisagimiut...west of the base-camp along the rugged North Coast of the island is the protected harbor at the tradtional campsite Mikisagimiun. Used today as a hunting and fishing camp, the bay and campsite provide campers with great access to the ocean environment and foot access to the west side of the island.

Lots of wildlife, traditional food resources, and an excellent protected camp served us well.










View video of students scouting the Bay via kayaks...a swell was running that day providing some challenge to landing and paddling in the open sea outside the bay entrance.