Point Lay Nalukatak: blanket toss (part 9a of 10)

Monday, June 29, 2009 at 11:53PM
Wasilla, Alaska, by 300 in Atkaan crew, Julius Rexford, Nalukatak, Point Lay, and then some, whaling

Jamie gets some air during the blanket toss, or, in Iñupiaq, "nalukatak."

Jamie takes a dive. She comes out of it okay.

Making plans for a fantastic jump.

Sometimes, plans go awry.

A new vantage point from which to study Point Lay.

Boy. It's a long way down.

Now  that he has participated in a successful whale hunt and graduated from high school, Lloyd is moving up over the world.

There were times when the children had the blanket all to themselves. They enjoyed it.

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