Arctic Tern Egg

Arctic tern eggs are camouflaged extremely well. I spent nearly twenty minutes searching for this egg that I knew was in this area and was…

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Transit of Venus

Today I witnessed an incredible event that will not occur again in my lifetime–the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. The next…

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Arctic Grown Salad

Tonight the first salad of the summer completely grown above the Arctic Circle graced the table. The vegetables were planted the beginning of May in…

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Signs of Spring

The last few days have been filled with signs of spring. The first rain shower of the year allowed the creation of the first rainbow–a…

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Life in a Dry Cabin

When was the last time you were thankful you had a flush toilet? A shower in your house? How about running water? Showers, flush toilets,…

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Old Bettles Ski

Located downriver about six miles from Bettles is Old Bettles—orginally called Bettles until the new Bettles was built and after that it was referred to as Old…

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Driving into Bettles

After loading all the boxes of goods that couldn’t freeze into the backseats of our trucks we (consisting of Ryan, Eric, Fawn and I) departed North Pole…

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The Alaska Highway

More than a highway–the only all-land route to Alaska Fairbanks 1000 km. Six hundred miles I estimate. There aren’t many road signs in the Lower…

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