Drop off!

Here at Nunivak so far we have hiked, found bird eggs, put together minnow traps, checked minnow traps, and started to clear out the area where we are going to be looking for artifacts. I think that by far the best part of the camp for me was when we went out to check the sample fish traps. I was one of the only people wearing waders that day so I was selected to go and get the minnow traps out, and in the process of doing so I stepped into a drop off unexpectedly. The water was up to my chest just below where my waders stopped. Then the drop off was so large that I couldn’t get back up to shore! Eva ( one of the instructors) had to help me get out. It was scary but at the same time awesome. I really liked setting out the minnow traps, even though it was a little bit cold out. The only part that I didn’t like was when I had to put fish eggs in my minnow trap for bait. It was really gross because we had to squish them all up so that the fish would be able to smell them. The fish traps are about a mile away from us so we have to hike there. I like that part a lot too because it’s really beautiful out here. We also saw a fox! It was really close to us and that was pretty cool. –Jenny

Jenny

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