Jeff Fair | May 6, 2010
Angels in the Mist, by Jeff Fair. From Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
“The Wild Geese,” from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear, in the ancient faith: what we need [...]
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Shannon Huffman Polson | July 24, 2009
To make it to the airstrip, we had to reford the Aichilik- though this time below the confluence with the Leffingwell Fork with higher water. We planned to make it to the landing strip a day early. My digestive track was upset- to say the least- so we determined if we arrived a day early [...]
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Tags: 1002, adventure, Aichilik, Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, backpacking, Brooks Range, conservation, preservation, ptarmigan, sandpiper, tundra, wilderness, Wolves
