Nanook Traditions

Starvation Gulch

My definition: big piles of wood burning on campus so that the UAF fire department has something exiting to do. Was that cynical?

I appreciate them really, and would hope they come to my rescue if needed. 

Every year at UAF, different departments and dorms compete to scrounge the town for the most wood pallets. Then they pile them up in a parking lot and start them on fire. The students watch them burn. I think there is some kind of judging going on i.e. what department makes the biggest pile, which pile burns the longest etc. The fire department roams the area to keep the fires contained and the students safe. Here are some pictures from this experience. 

At the site of action

The fires from the hill side

From left to right: Julia, Einar, Aurelia, Anna