A journey through one of the nation’s last wildernesses
After more trips around Alaska than I can count, I had yet to see bubble-feeding whales until this summer. I filled in for a photo instructor aboard the…
I just landed in Sitka after leaving Haines, where I spent two lovely weeks in the Valley of Eagles. While bald eagles are everywhere in Haines, they’re also…
Through July and August, fireweed seems so ubiquitous in Alaska it’s often said it should be our state flower. The plant is so prolific in Southcentral that just…
Researcher questions health of Alaska’s most visible whales A fiery sunset fades into the sea as we crowd against our ship’s railings, eager to witness one of southeast…
Alaska’s uneasy relationship with sea otters
Kroschel Wildlife Center delights visitors
Arctic Alaska’s mysterious stone walls HIKING ACROSS THE ARCTIC TUNDRA ONE RECENT YEAR, I happened upon an unusual array of rocks, unlike anything I’d seen in more than…
The hunt for the perfect photo. IT’S 1981, a mid-August evening on the spine of the Kobuk-Noatak divide, 70 miles above the Arctic Circle. It’s hard, wind-scraped country:…
