Part 8. The Guillemots make their entrance. 6 June A sad day. It seems my little sparrow friend is gone. I don’t know if he went off in search of a mate, […]
The velvet void
Guess the product
#7, I believe, in the series. The summer of 2000 I spent on an island in the Arctic Ocean studying seabirds. Largely alone for the summer and left to my own devices, I […]
I walked on the Arctic Ocean today
The continuing story of summer alone on an Arctic Island studying seabirds… I cleaned up the camp yesterday. Reset the bear fence, packed and covered the extra gear and food. Set the […]
The wind goes on
Part 6. Visitors – human, animal, bird, and wind, again Flying from Fairbanks the other day was amazing.
Forces of good and evil
Part 5. The continuing saga. Still 1 June 2000. In theory, the guillemots will be back within the week. Given the snow cover, the cold, now the pelting rain, I hardly expect […]
Parts 3 and 4: decade shock and Cooper – 101
Part 3. The following excerpt was actually written upon my return to the lower 48 but it so amazed me that I have to share it. Back to the regular Arctic programming […]
1 June 2000 Cooper Island, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Part 2 in a series of journal excerpts from time in the Arctic – **note: photos in these posts are from scanned slides… that desperately needed to be cleaned… I never cease […]
Sensory deprivation
Excerpted from my journal written during a summer spent mostly alone on an island in the Arctic Ocean, the following is a small introduction to a place most will never go. I’ve […]
Let’s talk about oil pipelines, for instance
Wherein I try a new troll…#indiesplaining As with everything else, I’m no expert. I’m just some rando doing some supposing about things when a headline catches the eye. Right now I’m thinking […]
There is a place…
…ringed by mountains, where the lake comes and goes over the span of decades. The birds fill flush with saline krill and rest in desert solitude. Coyotes roam the lake edge, pouncing […]
