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FLAS fellows undaunted in Arctic adventure

 

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Jason Young strikes a pose on the Arctic ice near the town of Igloolik in northern Canada.Photo by Walter O’Toole.

Jason Young and Walter O’Toole had been stranded on Arctic ice for nearly an hour, unable to find a safe path back to shore, when an Inuit woman observing from her kitchen dispatched her 13-year-old son to guide them to safety. It was one of many humbling moments for the UW students during a visit to the Canadian Arctic through a Canadian Studies Foreign Language Area and Studies (FLAS) Fellowship.

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