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Apr 4, 20244 min read
The Whale of Nunivak Island
I have a knack for spotting dead things. Right off, I saw a grayish mass above the tideline.
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Mar 28, 20244 min read
The Walrus Minders
Walruses are easily spooked and in their stampedes to the sea often crush their young, old, and sick or slow.
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Mar 12, 20243 min read
Downtime in the Walrus Islands
... we found a prehistoric hunting camp – house pits, stone tools, de-calcified butchered bones – over a now-unused walrus haul out.
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Feb 25, 20243 min read
Cameras for Walruses
Our main camera was a GSS C516 gimbal with a CN20/50-1000 lens and an 8k Red Helium camera inside.
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Feb 20, 20243 min read
The Walruses of Round Island
The problem is stampedes. Walruses are skittish. One loud noise ... and a thousand walruses, a ton-and-a-half each, rush to the water.
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Feb 14, 20243 min read
Dillingham and the Pebble Mine
June 16, 2023 The small boat harbor in Dillingham at low tide. Coming off Bristol Bay at dawn, it wasn’t obvious when we entered the...
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Feb 11, 20243 min read
Into the Bering Sea
On the down stroke, our keel was something like two feet off the bottom.
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Feb 7, 20244 min read
Death at Coronation Island
We found the twisted metal of the front half of the ship piled up on the beach. The aft half of the ship lay somewhere in deeper water ....
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Jan 31, 20243 min read
The Monolith at Little Holgate
Here is an opportunity to underwrite and join an expedition to the greatest Alaskan glaciers, with the leading glacier expert.
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
Science and Nature
The wilderness was now a place of fascination and wonder. At one point they all lay down on the moss-covered forest floor and went quiet.
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Jan 25, 20242 min read
Benchmark Study Gear
Each team of two students carries a GPS device for logging waypoints and recording temperatures, a tape measure, and a powerful radio.
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Jan 21, 20242 min read
The Raptors of Aguchik
Of the six kids on the expedition, she was the only one without a science background. She thought she’d be over her head....
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Jan 17, 20242 min read
Bear Defense at Hallo Glacier
Brown bears are bigger than inland grizzlies because they feed more on salmon and less on mice, grass, and moth larva.
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Jan 14, 20242 min read
Survival Suits in Malina Bay
Survival suits are oversized red rubber wetsuits with built-in hoods, inflatable collars, boots, and gloves. ... they save lives.
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Jan 10, 20242 min read
Catching Dinner off Raspberry Point
It had not occurred to me until this moment that one way to help people appreciate nature is to have them eat it.
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Jan 7, 20242 min read
Kukak Bay Study Site
Mount Katmai, a large volcano (one of five in the area) is 25 miles to the west ... a massive eruption in 1912 – the largest in the world.
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Jan 3, 20242 min read
Five Thousand Miles of Wilderness
And all of those 5,000 miles were in the last vast maritime wilderness in North America south of the Polar Sea.
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Jul 15, 20232 min read
Morning in Aniakchak
The Endeavour anchored in Icy Bay last season May 31, 2023 I’m on the Endeavour, anchored in Aniakchak Bay on the south side of the...
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