bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 20, 2018 18:00:33 GMT -5
Hey folks, hope you're well! I'm out here for work in Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada. It's a hamlet of about 300 people in the Western Arctic. It's covered in snow already except for a thin line on the beaches. I have found that there are lots of banded agates here. Can't wait to come here next summer. I knew it would be rich here 'cause the place is famous for the Smoking Hills, some coal mountains that are always burning near town. I'm trying to encourage the local people to collect these next snow melt. Here's one.  |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 20, 2018 19:07:44 GMT -5
Looks like a winner to me. I would have had that in the tumbler so fast there would not have been time for a photo.
Chuck
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 20, 2018 20:15:17 GMT -5
Looks like a winner to me. I would have had that in the tumbler so fast there would not have been time for a photo. Chuck I don't think there's a tumbler within 500 miles of here! I'm hoping to help people spread this stuff around next summer. I think they're sitting on a ton. |
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Post by MsAli on Sept 20, 2018 22:05:06 GMT -5
Nice!
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Sept 20, 2018 22:52:20 GMT -5
Really different, anxious to see it polished up; likely quite a wait from reading your story.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 20, 2018 23:28:27 GMT -5
A definite winner.
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Post by grumpybill on Sept 21, 2018 6:10:03 GMT -5
Need to come up with a catchy trade name.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 21, 2018 7:14:44 GMT -5
I just looked at the satellite images for Paulatuk. All I can say is WOW. That is one remote area. What type of work landed you there?
Chuck
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bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 21, 2018 7:51:08 GMT -5
I just looked at the satellite images for Paulatuk. All I can say is WOW. That is one remote area. What type of work landed you there? Chuck I manage a magazine about the Inuvialuit, the Inuit of the Western Arctic. I'm based out of Inuvik and Paulatuk is part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. $1,200 for a one-hour flight round trip here from Inuvik, haha. $250 per night in the "hotel." It's not easy access. Here's a pic of the place from yesterday.  I was thinking Inuit Agate, Paulatuk Agate, Arctic Agate or something. I was talking to the locals and got a few of them buzzing about the possibility. I know there's amber and petrified wood here too. I think they could set up a cool little tourist attraction and modest economic pursuit for people in town. They're already big on soapstone carving here, and I was saying kind of jokingly, forget the soapstone and work with this stuff. They usually get a cruise ship visit or two each summer, so polished pieces could be something cool for tourists to buy. |
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 21, 2018 7:57:33 GMT -5
Another piece. Sorry it's blurry.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 21, 2018 8:54:23 GMT -5
Another piece. Sorry it's blurry. The fortifications in these look like they will make some awesome cut stones. You need to send one to someone to cut for you and send back so your local folks there can see what it will look like when polished. |
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 21, 2018 9:12:43 GMT -5
Another piece. Sorry it's blurry. The fortifications in these look like they will make some awesome cut stones. You need to send one to someone to cut for you and send back so your local folks there can see what it will look like when polished. Thanks, hummingbird! I plan to. Wish I could have been here in summer. There is only the thinnest strip of beach still exposed. And the threat of polar/grizzly bears if I venture too far from town. There's a guy who has collected amber here as well. I think they could have a pretty cool local thing going on if they pursued it. I can tell there's a lot here. There's agate (not all great pieces of course) all over the streets. |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 21, 2018 9:15:23 GMT -5
Sweet looking agate..... Nice to have material that close to home, isn't it...
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Post by miket on Sept 21, 2018 9:18:33 GMT -5
Dang!
I need to make a trip to Canada!!!
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Post by MsAli on Sept 21, 2018 10:16:17 GMT -5
I just looked at the satellite images for Paulatuk. All I can say is WOW. That is one remote area. What type of work landed you there? Chuck I manage a magazine about the Inuvialuit, the Inuit of the Western Arctic. I'm based out of Inuvik and Paulatuk is part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. $1,200 for a one-hour flight round trip here from Inuvik, haha. $250 per night in the "hotel." It's not easy access. Here's a pic of the place from yesterday. I was thinking Inuit Agate, Paulatuk Agate, Arctic Agate or something. I was talking to the locals and got a few of them buzzing about the possibility. I know there's amber and petrified wood here too. I think they could set up a cool little tourist attraction and modest economic pursuit for people in town. They're already big on soapstone carving here, and I was saying kind of jokingly, forget the soapstone and work with this stuff. They usually get a cruise ship visit or two each summer, so polished pieces could be something cool for tourists to buy. So remote and beautiful! Artic Agate has a nice sound to it. Are all the residents Inuit? I would love to see some of their carvings. |
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 21, 2018 10:36:35 GMT -5
I manage a magazine about the Inuvialuit, the Inuit of the Western Arctic. I'm based out of Inuvik and Paulatuk is part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. $1,200 for a one-hour flight round trip here from Inuvik, haha. $250 per night in the "hotel." It's not easy access. Here's a pic of the place from yesterday. I was thinking Inuit Agate, Paulatuk Agate, Arctic Agate or something. I was talking to the locals and got a few of them buzzing about the possibility. I know there's amber and petrified wood here too. I think they could set up a cool little tourist attraction and modest economic pursuit for people in town. They're already big on soapstone carving here, and I was saying kind of jokingly, forget the soapstone and work with this stuff. They usually get a cruise ship visit or two each summer, so polished pieces could be something cool for tourists to buy. So remote and beautiful! Artic Agate has a nice sound to it. Are all the residents Inuit? I would love to see some of their carvings. Abraham Anghik Ruben is from here but lives in BC now. He is a somewhat well known carver. www.google.ca/search?biw=1280&bih=628&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=nA-lW5aqIenE0PEPnN2AgAI&q=abraham+anghik+ruben&oq=abraham+anghik+ruben&gs_l=img.3...15834.18274.0.18492.20.9.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.img..20.0.0....0.-YRopitkQpsPretty much all of the residents are Inuvialuit, except for some of the teachers and RCMP. About half the town has the last name Ruben too, haha. |
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Post by MsAli on Sept 21, 2018 10:53:20 GMT -5
HOLY COW! I have seen his work. He is incredible! I have one small carving from a Inupiat, that my uncle gave me & that got me hooked. I've always been fascinated with Native cultures, their beliefs and way of life. Can we read your articles? |
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Post by bcrockhound on Sept 21, 2018 11:04:37 GMT -5
HOLY COW! I have seen his work. He is incredible! I have one small carving from a Inupiat, that my uncle gave me & that got me hooked. I've always been fascinated with Native cultures, their beliefs and way of life. Can we read your articles? Yay self-promotion excuse  Our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/Tusaayaksat/And you can see our online magazine here issuu.com/tusaayaksatmagazineThe print version is super high quality, very proud of it. I was recently in the town formerly known as Barrow, Alaska covering the Inuit Circumpolar Council, so I met a lot of Inupiat people there. The Inuit world is pretty cool and a small one so it's like being part of a community up here. My girlfriend is Inuvialuit from Sachs Harbour, NWT. It's near Paulatuk but even more remote. Town of about 75 people! Can only fly on a little plane to get in or out, on an island in the Arctic. She has found some cool rocks there as well, like red jasper. I need to hunt up there but it's hard finding the money to justify that kind of trip. |
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Post by MsAli on Sept 21, 2018 11:44:12 GMT -5
HOLY COW! I have seen his work. He is incredible! I have one small carving from a Inupiat, that my uncle gave me & that got me hooked. I've always been fascinated with Native cultures, their beliefs and way of life. Can we read your articles? Yay self-promotion excuse Our Facebook page is www.facebook.com/Tusaayaksat/And you can see our online magazine here issuu.com/tusaayaksatmagazineThe print version is super high quality, very proud of it. I was recently in the town formerly known as Barrow, Alaska covering the Inuit Circumpolar Council, so I met a lot of Inupiat people there. The Inuit world is pretty cool and a small one so it's like being part of a community up here. My girlfriend is Inuvialuit from Sachs Harbour, NWT. It's near Paulatuk but even more remote. Town of about 75 people! Can only fly on a little plane to get in or out, on an island in the Arctic. She has found some cool rocks there as well, like red jasper. I need to hunt up there but it's hard finding the money to justify that kind of trip. Barrows is where my uncle lived. He was married to a Inupiat for awhile. Her and my cousins are still there as far as I know. 75 people? How in the world did you meet her? Going to read your magazine |
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Post by MsAli on Sept 21, 2018 12:00:31 GMT -5
Y'all should be very proud of that website. Very well designed. First thing I read was about Hockey
Thank you for sharing.
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