Well Boston is a great place .. .. to leave!

Too many people, too much traffic, noise etc.
I went to work on the trans alaska pipeline in 1977, I cried when I had to leave Prudhoe Bay and go back to Boston, 1981, I flew back to Alaska and stayed. I was working at the airport in anchorage as a foreman and they sent me up to this tiny eskimo village, for just THREE WEEKS. when the job finished, I quit the company and stayed.! I have been honored to have been invited on 5 whale hunts with the Eskimo's of Point Hope Alaska.

I have a collection of images that is UNSURPASSED by anything that exists in the ENTIRE STATE.

and yes! I had to melt snow to obtain the necessary precious water, to mix chemicals (Kodak C41) and print the images (Kodak EP2). That required six months work just to get all that snow melted, it was filthy, yellowish, with soot, hairs from animals, etc. 25 years later these 6 x 7 negatives are in pristine condition

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