In Kotzebue, Alaska, Hunters are Bringing Traditional Foods - and a Sense of Comfort - to Their Local Elders [psmag.com]
Twenty-six miles above the Arctic Circle, in Kotzebue, Alaska, there's a plain white metal trailer in the center of town that blends in with the snowy tundra during the winter. From the outside, it looks like an office or a perhaps a single-family home, but it's actually a modern-day ice-cellar, or Siglauq, where hunters from across Inuit villages throughout northern Alaska can donate meat to be inspected, packaged, and served in the northernmost nursing home in the United States. "The main...