On the Way to Seal Camp

It's early September and I am off to Wesley's seal camp. Wesley has been in Gambell all of his life. Wesley's in the middle and Brad, another teacher, is on the right. Wesley says that Spetember's a good time to hunt the bearded seal because the prevailing winds blow from the west and hit the shore. He says that this helps bring in a seal that's been shot without going out in a boat. I was told the bearded seal can get up to 800 pounds out here. Wesley's camp is about 8 miles south of Gambell on the tundra. The next picture shows the shelter at seal camp. Our seal hunting expidetion was cut short, unfortunately, because the four-wheeler developed mechanical problems and kept stalling on the tundra. At this time of year, the tundra in places is a muddy morasse and we just happened upon all of those places. By the time we reached the shelter(brad and myself walked most of the way with our gear so as not to load down the four-wheeler too much) we were too tired to head down to Wesley's seal blind, so we set up camp at the shelter and settled in for the night.