Top 10 reason's you know you're in Barrow

#10  It's spring, daytime highs are 10 degrees

#9  More students ride snow machines (that's snowmobiles to you midwesterners) than bikes to school

#8  Eskimo time means you might have to wait over an hour for a van to pick you up

#7  When you ask a 7th grade class "Who has helped someone in their family butcher an animal?",  every single hand goes up

#6 Shooting a caribou for a science experiment is no big deal

#5 If you say you're going to "the store" there's really no question as to which one it is, there is only one.

#4  Dusk starts at about 11pm, night doesn't really happen

#3 Middle school girls laugh at you when you tell them 32 degrees is cold

#2 Running outside is not an option for fear of being eaten

#1 You haven't seen a 2 wheel drive vehicle since Chicago


And remember, lunch is a sprint, not a marathon.

-Peter