Leaving the land of light
Shannon Huffman Polson | August 17, 2009
After the haze from faraway forest fires had cleared, we would often sit speechless watching the low light from the midnight Arctic sun paint the gentle hills and mountains around us. The light is perhaps one of the biggest gifts of the Arctic, one of the spectacles of this part of the world less noted [...]
Kills, ruins, pups and the circle of life
Shannon Huffman Polson | August 15, 2009
We rewarded ourselves after two long days of tundra and river travel with a rest day, getting out for a shorter hike and reading. Peter and I traded Pielou’s A Naturalist’s Guide to the Arctic and Barry Lopez’ Arctic Dreams back and forth. We also both finished Pollan’s book, In Defense of Food.
Then we were [...]
Heading downstream… and back upstream
Shannon Huffman Polson | August 12, 2009
(Post #3 from the Western Arctic trip. More posts coming over the next few days.)
It was time to get on the river. Wolves woke us again that morning with their howls, and we were reluctant to leave our wide embrace of gentle mountains and treeless tundra, where our eyes so easily roamed the slopes around [...]
Another surprise in the Western Arctic
Shannon Huffman Polson | August 10, 2009
(Post #2 from the Western Arctic trip. More posts coming over the next few days.)
Wolf howls woke us our second morning, which continued to astonish us as though they were the first we had heard. Before heading downriver in the Klepper, Peter and I wanted to explore more of the beautiful valley in which we [...]
Day one in the Western Arctic, Nigu River
Shannon Huffman Polson | August 9, 2009
(Post #1 from the Western Arctic trip. More posts coming over the next few days.)
It was, perhaps, a good thing that our first Arctic trip of the summer taught us that plans are only something from which one deviates. We would return to that lesson on this trip.
Smoke from distant forest fires swallowed the drone [...]
Final voice blog from the Nigu River in the Western Arctic
Peter Polson | August 8, 2009
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August 4 Voice Blog From The Arctic
Shannon and Peter | August 6, 2009
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August 3 Voice Blog From The Arctic
Shannon and Peter | August 4, 2009
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August 2 Voice Blog From The Arctic
Shannon and Peter | August 3, 2009
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July 31 Voice Blog From The Arctic
Shannon and Peter | August 1, 2009
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