The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

Eskimo old lady

Children shooting birds in the town

Sand buggy is the only vehicle on the Island

Me chatting with the Islanders

Eskimo dog

Island kids and Kotetsu

Me

Indoor shoes with seal fur

Seal meat is naturally dried

Caribou fur

One police officer on the Island, an old police box

Abandoned house

Me riding a sand buggy

Sand road

The family is very close.
She comes to her parents' house for breakfast and dinner.

Children grow up obediently and have the same family love as they did in Japan.

I didn't know that this Island was a dry Island. 　
No matter where you go,
you can't sell alcohol, let alone beer. 　

I couldn't even bring it to the Island,
but I brought it without knowing anything.

Portable toilets are kept clean,
but neither water nor paper can be wasted.

Richard carries water and stores it in large tanks until midnight.

Looking at the situation,
I reduced the number of times I used the toilet,
and since I always put up with it,
I feel sick.

The clothes are handmade with seal fur.
　
The boots are also a little heavy, but the heat retention is excellent.

Seal fur is also used in the shoes.

There are plastic and pottery plates for meals,
but I rarely use them.

Use disposable containers because water is more valuable. 　

Rainwater for domestic use is used for showers and washing water,
and portable toilets are drained by batteries.

I'm grateful for the hot water,
but I'm reluctant to use the shower every day with precious water.

The vitality and vitality of Eskimos
that survive the world of minus 50 degrees
is amazing.

I'm surprised that one bottle of water (600cc) costs 350 yen.
The Islanders use rainwater as drinking water in the summer. 　

I rarely drink mineral water.
After all, water is a valuable item.
Twice Large items are shipped by transport ship once a year.

In winter, the Arctic Sea freezes. 　
It seems that the melting of sea ice has become
several months earlier due to global warming.

For drinking water in winter,
ice blocks are cut out from a lake
on the mainland 20 to 30 km away and stored as drinking water.

Sand buggies (Japanese cars) play an active part
in the summer on a long and narrow Island.

In winter, it turns into a snow boat
and lives at the temperature of the freezer.

Only two supermarkets on the Island
are lined with a few vegetables.

It is natural that prices are high because
it is transported by Cessna from the mainland on the opposite bank.

The Island is destined to sink due to global warming.

It's hard to walk on the sandy road.
　The only means of transportation is a sand buggy.

All the Islanders are friendly, smile and wave their hands and run away.

In fact, when I got on the buggy,
I was desperately clinging to it so that
I wouldn't be shaken off instead of raising my hand.

Twice Besides, the cushion is also bad.

Twenty years ago,
there was a problem with alcohol and it has been banned by law ever since.

I didn't know that and brought wine as a souvenir,
but he laughed and received it.

Of course, he didn't drink it himself and was donated to the church.

It's easy to forget that this is the Arctic Circle,
where you can live like a family.

A sand Island on the border between Russia and the United States