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 [...]
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 [...]
Cruising north from Ketchikan, Alaska to Haines via Juneau
Shannon and Peter | June 15, 2009
We left Ketchikan after a couple mile run- I’m not sure if Teton or I enjoyed it more, and lunch with Peter at the New York Café. I had the recommended curry carrot soup and a salad, which leapt with flavor especially in contrast to our ferry food; Peter’s roast beef and grilled cheese sandwich- [...]