Arctic Heroes
Dan Ritzman | December 13, 2010
Reprinted with permission from Dan Ritzman, Arctic Wild guide and Alaska Program Director for the Sierra Club. Over the past month we have lost two of the great champions for Alaska’s wild places – Stewart Udall and Dr Ed Wayburn Stewart Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) Stewart Udall grew up in the [...]
Sketches from the Western Arctic
Dan Ritzman | December 10, 2010
Reprinted with permission from Cindy Hunt- Ritzman I’ve always wondered why my husband Dan loves guiding for Arctic Wild. Every year since I’ve known him, he usually disappears for a few weeks in Alaska, returning sunburned, disheveled, yet also happy and more ‘centered’. This year I had the opportunity to travel with him, on a trip [...]
Happy Birthday Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Dan Ritzman | December 7, 2010
Reprinted with permission from author Dan Ritzman, Arctic Wild Guide and Northwest Director for the Sierra Club. Initially published December 7, 2009, www.arcticwild.com. The Arctic Refuge turns 49 today, and it is time to think about the many dedicated people who have protected the refuge for the past 50 years. Back in the 1950s two stellar [...]