Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska

Life in arctic Alaska means surviving sub-zero winters, hard summers, and living within strict financial constraints. The temperature during the winter months in the small village of Fort Yukon, Alaska consistently drops to thirty below zero, requiring citizens to take precautions to avoid death. Ad...

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Published in:Journal of sport management 2012-05, Vol.26 (3), p.271-272
Main Author: Havard, Cody T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Basketball
Fishing
Football (American)
High schools
Hunting
Sport management
Surviving
Team sports
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Summary:Life in arctic Alaska means surviving sub-zero winters, hard summers, and living within strict financial constraints. The temperature during the winter months in the small village of Fort Yukon, Alaska consistently drops to thirty below zero, requiring citizens to take precautions to avoid death. Additionally, finding a job with decent pay is difficult, and many villagers depend on fishing and moose hunting during the summer months to make financial ends meet. Due to these onerous conditions, many citizens fall into a life of drug and alcohol abuse, and frequently get into trouble with local and state law enforcement for domestic-related crime.
ISSN:0888-4773
1543-270X
DOI:10.1123/jsm.26.3.271