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Finding Sweetvetch

This photo shows Inuit father, Wally Otton teaching his son how to dig Sweetvetch from the Alaskan Tundra. Sweetvetch, also know in the Inupiaq language as "Machu" is a potato like root that grows wild in the permafrost. The root is important in the Inuit sustenance lifestyle.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2023
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Koyuk, Alaska, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Brady Linkous