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A heated car where its warm, this is actually a much nicer city. >> yeah. >> when youre walking everywhere, you start to get a little angry at the city. but now its kind of pretty. >> like geoff carroll there are other locals speaking out to keep traditions alive. and maybe the biggest voice belongs to native fanny acpick. her program teaches inupiaq customs as part of the school curriculum. and im meeting with fanny at the inupiaq heritage center to find out more about her and her work. >> id l...

After talking with fanny, ive learned that barrows native culture is defined by a harmonious connection between nature and man. so to help me see the beauty in this stark setting ive enlisted local photographer john tidwell, who suggested taking me to point barrow, the northernmost point in town. he says its a popular hangout for polar bears. so lets hope theres no white on black crime today. >> are you john? >> im john. >> should i be scared? >> im not but you should be. >> okay. thanks. come o...

Air is treasured. everybody thinks that its so flat and cold and fren. but to us, its a living world that we live in. >> that is a perspective i didnt have before i came here. so tell me, what part of your culture are you working hardest to keep? >> our language. yeah. my age group and some older than me, we were sent away to go to boarding school. i came home not myself anymore. and i almost lost the proper usage of our language. >> fanny is speaking of christian boarding schools that were open...