Busy weekend. On Friday I flew down to Anchorage, bought a car, drove it back to Fairbanks, packed for a camping trip, then on Sunday headed down to the Denali Highway in the new car. We camped for the night…
Overnight on the Denali Highway
Over the Noatak
Canon 5D iii, Canon 24-105 f4L IS, ISO 400, f8.0, 105mm, 1/640th sec, handheld. This August, for the third year in a row, I guided a canoe trip down the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic National Park for Arctic…
Male Rock Ptarmigan – Kokolik River, Alaska
Canon 5D Mark III, Canon 500mm f4L IS, 1.4x TC, ISO 800, f8.0, 1/4000th sec. I spent very little time this summer photographing wildlife. In part that’s due to the fact that I’m often weight-limited on my backcountry journeys. The…
Incoming Weather
Sun halo and the Kongakut River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Canon 5D Mark III, 24-105L f4 IS, ISO 50, 24mm, f9.0, 1/500th sec. I purposely underexposed this image by several stops to blacken the mountains and increase…
Atop an Arctic Ridge
When I first saw the Kokolik River from the approaching bush plane, I was disappointed. The undramatic river flows quickly out of the Brooks Range and does not become large enough to float a canoe until it is well away…
Wild Places: Storm over the Kokolik River, Alaska
Today I launch a series of posts reliving my summer’s travels. Since I was woefully absent here throughout the summer, I’m now given the opportunity to make up for it. Starting right here on the Kokolik River. The Kokolik is…