Life in the Arctic

[Randi]

Elephant Point and trees growing on ice

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



SAQEMKAQ – FLEA
SAQEMKAQ QETGAUWARTUQ. – THE FLEA IS JUMPING AROUND.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... e/flea.mp3

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[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



TUKNILUNI – STRONG (TO BE)
SUUGET TUKNIGTAALLRIIT CUUMI. – PEOPLE WERE STRONG BEFORE.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... strong.mp3

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[Randi]

AGU research spotlight: UAF scientist finds Alaska’s Arctic coastal towns face extensive inundation

[Michael]

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



TAUGNA – THAT ONE
TAUGNA ILUWARTUQ. – THAT PERSON IS COMING INTO THE BAY.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... hatone.mp3

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[Randi]

Plastic in the rain of Southeast Alaska

[Michael]

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



KANGRUIQ – VIEKODA BAY
KANGRUIQ TAKUQ. – VIEKODA BAY IS LONG.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... odaBay.mp3

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https://www.geonames.org/5877463/viekoda-bay.html

[Randi]

KANGRUIQ – VIEKODA BAY
https://www.geonames.org/5877463/viekoda-bay.html

https://alaska-native-news.com/viekoda- ... 2nd/59469/
https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... odaBay.mp3

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



NUUWIKUUTARLUNI – NEW YEAR’S PLAY
NUUWIKUUTARTUKUT. – WE ARE GOING TO DO THE NEW YEAR’S PLAY.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... rsplay.mp3

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[Randi]

Midwinter Rain-on-Snow a Game Changer

The Porcupine’s Winter in Slow-Motion

Climate-Driven Disease Devastates Seagrass Health

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



SAKURSUUTEQ (S) / IWALRAYAGSUUN (N) – CRAB POT
ALLRANI SAKURSUUT’MEK IKUGTAARTUKUT QUTMEK. – SOMETIMES WE FIND CRAB POTS AT THE BEACH.
https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... rabpot.mp3

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[pommystuart]

Hi Randi.
I am still having trouble pronouncing Inuit. I could not say it when I was there, and I still cannot.
Very hard language to learn. Even harder than English.

[Randi]

Ditto

[Randi]

Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News



KALLA’UN/KALLA’UTAQ – RATTLE
KALLA’ALEGET AGNGUAQAMENG KALLA’UTAT ATURTAAKAIT. – SHAMANS USE THE RATTLES WHEN THEY DANCE.
Listen: https://alutiiqmuseum.org/images/storie ... rattle.mp3

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[Randi]

Thirty Years on Semi-Solid Ground

[AvastMH]

Polar bears move into abandoned weather station

[Michael]

Better that than moving into one that is staffed!

[Randi]

Very interesting article.
Glad he was using a drone to take those pictures!
Some of those bears looked like they were awaiting their dinner [guest].