It’s normal for mother black bears to “kick their cubs loose” in June.
The short answer is that it’s ground up rock. And no, you can’t cook with it (it’s ground up rock).
I’ve never been in one of those phone booths with the $100 bills flying around, but summer time in Alaska feels a lot like it sometimes.
This past weekend, my friend Zach Gianotti was back in town for a summer visit, which means I had new company for this week’s adventure.… Continue reading
Empire reader Mackey Migel wrote a few weeks ago with a simple question: What is glacial flour? The short answer is that it’s ground up… Continue reading
I’ve never been in one of those phone booths with the $100 bills flying around, but summer time in Alaska feels a lot like it… Continue reading
Turns out finance and salmon survival have something in common: the importance of diversification.
June brought some good low tides, lower than minus four feet.
Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig.… Continue reading
Turns out finance and salmon survival have something in common: the importance of diversification. As a Ph.D. student with the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon… Continue reading
June brought some good low tides, lower than minus four feet, so out we went to look at the rocky intertidal zone. This is always… Continue reading
Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig.… Continue reading
Dear Intrepid Visitors and Curious-Minded Locals, After years of researching Southeast Alaska’s tourism industry, it’s my great pleasure to release the 2018 Guide to Lesser… Continue reading
Dear Intrepid Visitors and Curious-Minded Locals, After years of researching Southeast Alaska’s tourism industry, it’s my great pleasure to release the 2018 Guide to Lesser… Continue reading
I have a memory of shallow water rushing over my feet.
The bears in my head are much scarier.
The valley is rich in nesting, singing songbirds.
Their cheery, bright yellow flower heads adorn the roadsides in late spring, before the compulsive mowing machines decapitate them. Foraging deer, bears, and human herbivores… Continue reading
The morning before I began a trek across Chichagof Island, I was so nervy I vomited. I came up with rational reasons to stay home… Continue reading
Last Monday, my friends Ian and Claire joined me on a mellow meander through the forest, out Fish Creek on North Douglas. Last time I… Continue reading
