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 [...]
Headed out for the Western Arctic
Peter Polson | July 26, 2009
Here are two maps related to our 10 day trip this week into the Western Arctic: State of Alaska (click here) and more specifically the Western Arctic (click here) with our proposed route in red. If technology works on our side, there will be some satellite phone voice blogs on this site in the coming days from the [...]
(Avoiding) The unofficial Alaska State Bird
Shannon Huffman Polson | June 26, 2009
So on the mosquito front- in the Arctic three years ago I didn’t even think about anything other than DEET. The airforce in the Yukon Territory- at least down south here- is only the observation lookout post for the hordes to come. Mosquitoes in the arctic are so bad they can reportedly kill a baby [...]