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Article: On top of the world: what is life like for Eskimo teens on St. Lawrence Island?(Special)(Cover story)
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- Junior Scholastic
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- December 11, 2006
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Have you ever wondered what tomorrow looks like? If so, you might like to visit Edward Ungott, 12. Edward lives in Alaska, on St. Lawrence Island. On a clear day, he can look across the Bering Sea to Russia, only 36 miles away. Where Edward stands, it is today. For anyone standing on that other shore, it is already tomorrow.
Edward's hometown of Gambell is only a few miles from the international date line (see map, p. 15). If he decided to hop in a boat on a Saturday in summer and take a short ride westward, he would reach the spot where Saturday becomes Sunday. He could spend Sunday afternoon fishing, then sail home--and back into Saturday!
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