450 pound seal blocks runway

Well that seals it, I'm going back to Alaska when I get better....
 
Van Johnston said:
Now I know Barrow changed its name...missed that somehow.
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Oh, I was wondering why I had never heard of Utqiagvik, if it is an Arctic-Coast Alaska town large enough to have a paved runway.

A year ago the local voters changed it. That’s interesting.

I can imagine that “Utqiagvik traffic” doesn’t quite roll off a pilot’s tongue easily, if you’re not used to it.
 
The worst were the polar bears that would get on the runway in barter island. Done a few moose/bear clearing passes in southern part of the state too.
 
So the first thing they did was get the seal on a scale so they could describe it as a "450 pound seal." Looks more like a 437 pound seal to me.
 
DavidWhite said:
The worst were the polar bears that would get on the runway in barter island. Done a few moose/bear clearing passes in southern part of the state too.
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In all the years I was in Alaska I never saw a polar bear, not even in Barter.

I had to buzz the runways several times in Deering to chase off the musk ox. In other places I have had to chase off caribou, moose, bears, horses, drunks and 4 wheelers. The worst is wolverines. They own everything in their sight.
 
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NoHeat said:
I can imagine that “Utqiagvik traffic” doesn’t quite roll off a pilot’s tongue easily, if you’re not used to it.
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No Problem! “Wiley Post traffic, Request current seal notams... “

-Skip
 
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