Burton Island (AGB 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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,X ., --fm , , W U1 xii? 23m KING ISLANDERS The Eskimos of King Island lead What to most of us on the BURTON ISLAND looked like a precarious life. Their village of Ukivok is perched on the steep rocky sides of King Island, there they spend all the year excepting a few of the summer months. The village has a church and a school among the many stilt-mounted homesg blpth of these important buildings can be picked out in the picture of the village on t is page. Fishing is the livelihood of these hearty folk. When the ship visits these Eskimos one of their first questions is understandably concerned with the whereabouts of the Walrus herds. - The Eskimos utilize almost every part of the Walrus and seals they hunt. The oil is used for fuel, the blubber for food, the seal skins for clothes, the Walrus skins for boat coverings and the Walrus tusks are carved into a variety of saleable souvenirs. On the Spring Cruise the King Islanders had a chance to display the ivory carvings to the BURTON ISLAND when the ship stopped for a short visit. During this trading session the Eskimo children were welcomed aboard to see a movie, a traditional treat for them when the 'cship that leans against the ice comes. Anyone needing dental treatment can get emergency help on board. During the summer months the King Islanders leave their island and travel to Nome across the Bering Sea in their skin covered boats. There they sell their ivory carvings to tourists. During the Nome interlude the dogs are left on the island to fend for themselves, the dogs are able to live comfortably on eggs they rob from nests along the cliffs. Looking back o-n these people in retrospection we rank them high in interest among the many unusual features of any Arctic cruise. .. A

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E, 1 w B P r ,nina--' 1 7 1 l s F BERING STRAIT BEER PARTY 4 In sight of the eastern coast of Siberia the BURTON ISLAND stopped in the Bering Strait long enough during the Spring Cruise to have a beer party. Nothing could be simpler for an icebreaker. The ship stops, the Jacobs' ladder is thrown over the side, and there you have a beer party. During the festivities the UDT detachment desperately tried to justify their existence by uworkingn a short distance from the partyg to the best of anyone's knowledge all they did was to explode a few charges. Later when quizzed, the word se- creti' was over-used. The beer party was no more than twenty yards from the ship, and therefore the duty section on the bridge got a chance to demonstrate their ability for catching snowhalls. Any officer trying to get aboard via the Jacobs' ladder was a prime target, but all was in fun. z ff :X :Q-Nil Q 25.- L' U' : 9 -q , ll ll A ff 2 Q , 5 Q f 'fx T .J klfxjkjgggi'-1 ' V ' . J If N . ' O KQQZDQJ .PBOQA J t LL arab