Scenics and Stories

Above the Marsh Fork on the Canning River

Evening light near Last Lake on the Sheenjek

A farewell to George Schaller before heading off in his footsteps to the Sheenjek Glacier and then to Kaktovik

Crossing the continental divide into the Hula Hula drainage

Leaving the mountains behind

Out on the coast among nesting eiders

About to blow the boats back up and paddle the 2 miles across the Beaufort Sea to Kaktovik from narrow Arey Island (you can see Kaktovik in the upper left).


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The bugs

Our month in the Arctic was mostly cold, but two days from the end when the weather warmed we ran into the infamous coastal plain mosquitos - they really made us appreciate a little colder weather and wind...wind...wind!

The Mighty Pack Rafts

Our travel from the Continental Divide 160 km to the coast was by Pack Raft; an Alaskan boat weighing 2 kilos and capable of carrying 25 kilos of gear through rapids and over rocks.

Ground Squirrels