Frozen Stiffs

I’ve never really thought about it much, but, it stands to reason that in the far reaches of the north, like Alaska, internment of the dead must wait until the ground can be worked.  Here’s an interesting article on this titled “Spring Thaw Allows for Burials in Alaska."

Personally, I’m going to go for cremation, and hopefully my sons, or some of my brothers, will cast my ashes in a favored trout stream, preferably during a mayfly hatch, when the trout are on the feed.

Story linked via Google News.

Posted by on 05/09 at 10:40 AM

  1. Personally, I’m going to go for cremation...


       Right on. Ground is for the living.

       I want my ashes scattered in the Chugach mountains, tho Master says he wants his remains placed on a rocket and launched toward the sun. He’s kinda sentimental like that.

    Posted by Rufus  on  05/09  at  06:41 PM

  2. I used to help my step-dad dig graves during the Minnesota winters.  We used a jack hammer to break through the frozen crust, then used shovels to dig the rest.  It can be done.

    I too would rather be cremated.  I want my ashes sprinkled in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota.  Ashes to ashes, literally.

    -sed

    Posted by seditious_nick  on  05/10  at  06:53 AM

  3. Rufus - I thought maybe Master would want his ashes turned into a slurry of some sort, which, when solidified, could then become part of the geological record.

    Sed - Boundary Waters will become a great place for your ashes to be scattered.  I’d specify that it would have to be via a canoe with a minimum of two portages.

    Posted by  on  05/10  at  07:19 AM


  4. Rufus - I thought maybe Master would want his ashes turned into a slurry of some sort, which, when solidified, could then become part of the geological record.


      Oh, you mean this.

      You have a sharp memory, Mr. Venlet.

    Posted by Rufus  on  05/10  at  07:54 PM

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