Bertha. 90 year old woman born and raised in Barrow, Alaska. When she was a child, there we less than 50 houses and 100 people. Now there are a lot of people. Alcohol is a problem in the town. There is no bar. She adopted two girls and one boy. Her boy died in 1970s while seal hunting on the ice.

Barrow, Alaska, seal, hunting, alcohol, bar, adoption, drowning

 

A 90 year old Inupiaq woman talks about being born and raised in Barrow (which has since reverted to its original name of Utqiagvik) and how it has changed since she was a little girl. She also talks about adopting three children and how her son passed away from a hunting accident in the 1970s.

Barrow, Change, Lots of People and Houses, Alcohol, Bar, Navy, Dancing, Working, Adopted, Hunting Accident