Only on St. George!

Here is my top ten list of things unique to the St. George experience:

1. Kids breaking into the bunkhouse through a blubber shoot. When confronted one adolescent admitted to stealing my toothpicks and a calculator.

2. The most magnificent racks in the world. The reindeer here hold all the world records for the species.

3. A seal running a marathon. No, wait that’s me, dressed as a seal.

4. 800, 000 buckets of birds. Calculated at 4 seabirds per standard 5 gallon bucket.

5. 300 foxes and no dogs. Domestic canines are not allowed because of potential for rookery disturbance and disease transmission to seals.

6. Fewer trucks running than not. Oops, my mistake. That’s true for every village in
Alaska.

7. A jail with no jailor. With no police, Justice of the Peace or other authorities on the island our big, beautiful new jail seems unlikely to be used. .

8. Vacuum-packed pets. Udu stores her dead, packaged pets in the freezer.

9. Walk-around barb wire fence. This must be used to keep out the completely stupid. The fence was up for a while before the barb wire was added.

10. Poochki, Choochki and Gavirooshki for dinner. That’s what the locals would call wild celery, Least Auklet and Red-legged Kittiwake. And yes, they eat all three regularly.