Looking West from Mt. Sivuqaq

A view of Gambell from Mt. Sivuqaq really puts the village into perspective as a community perched upon the threshold of great sea. The seemingly flat, featureless surface really comprises an ever-shifting gravel spit spilling into the raw ocean where the depths drop dramatically at short distances giving way to a great continetnal shelf that was once the Bering Land Bridge. Walking the mile or so to school each day on the gravel is a big departure from navigating any improved surfaces and really helps the bush teacher out here earn the title "bush teacher".