Kotzebue: tundra colors, moose meat, jelly fish

I just got back from my third and final trip to Kotzebue (northwest corner of Alaska, above the Arctic Circle) for a video project Joshua and I are working on. The oranges, yellows and reds splashed across the tundra were B-E-A-beauitful! It's hunting season now, which means camouflage is in style ... at least in the tiny Kotzebue airport where rugged-looking Alaskans checked guns and moose meat. Below is a picture of some kids I befriended. They were playing with the jelly fish strewn along Kotzebue's rocky beach ... using sticks to prod them and pick them up.