Three Years in the Alaskan Bush chronicles my three years of teaching in the Lower Kuskokwim School District Eskimo villages of Tuntutuliak and Napakiak. The prologue also explains the events that led to my children and I being there.
Teaching in an Eskimo village sounded exciting, but life in the Alaskan Bush was not the glamorous outing I had envisioned. An endless succession of long dreary days combined with isolation from family and friends made common daily events seem almost overwhelming.
As outsiders, our limited knowledge of the extreme weather conditions in this remote wilderness led us to take unnecessary risks with our lives and those of our new friends on one unforgettable trip to Bethel. Not listening to the advice of the natives, we left on a wilderness adventure that could have become our last.
Teaching in an Eskimo village sounded exciting, but life in the Alaskan Bush was not the glamorous outing I had envisioned. An endless succession of long dreary days combined with isolation from family and friends made common daily events seem almost overwhelming.
As outsiders, our limited knowledge of the extreme weather conditions in this remote wilderness led us to take unnecessary risks with our lives and those of our new friends on one unforgettable trip to Bethel. Not listening to the advice of the natives, we left on a wilderness adventure that could have become our last.
