Countdown

Three days to go until we leave. We got our flight information on Monday and we will fly from Fairbanks to Anchorage, Anchorage to Nome, and then Nome to White Mountain. We leave at 8am on Saturday and will arrive at 4pm. I am excited to see Nome on the way there as I have heard about it for so long but have never seen it. Too bad we weren't there yesterday when Mackey won the Iditarod.

I've learned a bit more about White Mountain. Seems it has a population of around 200 people and was originally a fish camp. It is part of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, I believe the people are Inupiat. The school is a part of the Bering Strait School District. An interesting fact is that a federal boarding school was established in the town in 1917. This school became focused on industrial education after about a decade. In 1926 the school was renamed the "Industrial School" and it closed in 1953. Very interesting...can't wait to get to get out there.