Life in the Arctic

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https://alaska-native-news.com/category ... -the-week/

KITAIT’SAAQ – CHINESE PERSON
CUUMI KITAIT’SAAT TAITAALLRIIT KAANARIMEN PEKCATURLUTENG. – CHINESE PEOPLE USED TO COME TO WORK IN THE CANNERIES.

[Randi]

Polar bears sometimes bludgeon walruses to death with stones or ice

[Michael]

Ouch!!!

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PUPIK – PIMPLES
PUPIKA PUKSUWAQA. – I PINCHED MY PIMPLE.

[Randi]

Rockfish study adds local ecological knowledge to inform fisheries management

Predicting Future Fish Productivity by Better Understanding the Role of Habitat in the Life of a Fish

[Randi]

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NUUNIQ – PORCUPINE / QUILL
QIKERTAQ NUUNIITUQ. – THERE ARE NO PORCUPINE ON KODIAK ISLAND.

[Randi]

The Closest People to an 8.2 Earthquake

[Randi]

Pine grove near Yakutat is farthest north
https://www.geonames.org/5558615/yakutat.html


Geophysics professor sails north in search of deep-sea answer
https://www.geonames.org/4031980/amerasia-basin.html
https://www.geonames.org/4031943/chukch ... rland.html
https://www.geonames.org/4031953/canada-basin.html

[Randi]

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KAC’AMAASAQ – HALF DRIED FISH
KAC’AMAASANEK AWA’I PILITAAN’ITUT. – THEY DON’T MAKE HALF DRIED FISH ANYMORE.

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USPELLUKU – MEASURE
NUQAQ USP’RKUTA’AQA. – I AM GOING TO MEASURE THE ATLATL.

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KAUGCIRLUNI – TO HAIL
LLAAMI KAUGCIRTUQ. – IT IS HAILING OUTSIDE.

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NASQUALEK – ALEUT TOWN
CUUMI SUUGET NASQUALEGMI ETAALLRIIT. – PEOPLE USED TO LIVE IN ALEUT TOWN.

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QUIRIQ – HOARY MARMOT
QUIRIT QUILITARTUT. – MARMOTS ARE FAT.

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UNUK – NIGHT
AGYAT AKIRTAARTUT UNUGMI. – THE STARS ARE BRIGHT AT NIGHT.

[Randi]

Setting traps to catch an Alaska virus

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Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model.

[Randi]

The Season of Senescence is Upon Us

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Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



TUPUURUQ – AXE
TUPUURULLEQ YAAMAMEK CANAMAUQ. — THE OLD AXE IS MADE OUT OF STONE.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... ve/axe.mp3

More information

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According to d0cent, the Russian word for axe is "topor" and the word for a small axe is "toporok"

[Randi]

Cause of seabird die-offs still unknown

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



SIGTUNAQ – SITKINAK ISLAND
ARWEGET SIGTUNAMEN AG’UT. – THE WHALES ARE SWIMMING TO SITKINAK ISLAND.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... Island.mp3

More information

https://www.geonames.org/5874322/sitkinak-island.html