A Polar Bear was coming after me two springs ago.

In the winter here, the Chukchi Sea ices up and there is ice everywhere.  Last year there were 8 and 10 feet drifts of snow I am told.  One lady I work with told me in the spring a couple of years ago, the ice was breaking up and people go out looking for whales.  She was looking for whales on the ice by the old village and a polar bear popped up on the ice.  It was about 40 feet away from her.  She took off and ran to her truck which was half a mile away.  When she stopped to look back the bear shook off and stood on its hind legs and started running in her direction.  She was picked up by someone in a snow mobile and taken home.  After a while, they took her to her truck so she could drive it home.

She said she loves it when the sea ices over.  She said that ice breakup is her favorite time.

She also was talking about whale meat and her storage locker where her family stores the whale meat and walrus meat.  I am learning a lot about the native culture here.