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Glacier Retreat in Alaska: Glacier Retreat in Alaska The Dead and the Dying - through the glaciers of Tutka Valley READ ARTICLE Last winter's meager snowfall was followed by volcanic ash, then a warm sunny spring, melting the mountains back to bare ice and ... [read-more]
Resource Extraction on Northern Pacific Coast: Author's Note (2010): This article was researched and written in 2007 as part of the preparation for our year-long Journey on the Wild Coast. One of the goals of this trip was to see many of these issues for ourselves, ... [read-more]
Climate Change in Alaska: ArticlesClimate Change on the Northern Pacific CoastGlacier Retreat in AlaskaOcean AcidificationClimate Change and Alaska FisheriesThe History and Fate of Fountain StreamEssaysAs the Beaches Wash Away - Global Warming and Coastal ErosionRelated JourneysLife on IceChukchi Sea at Toddler SpeedThe Dead and ... [read-more]
Journeys tagged Packrafting
Planned Alaska route: Author's Note (2010): This article was researched and written in 2007 as part of the preparation for our year-long Journey on the Wild Coast. This map outlines a portion of our proposed route (which we more-or-less followed) and the text ... [read-more]
Ring of Fire: Alpacka Gnu and trailer GET PHOTO Kim and I will be using a two person Gnu packraft and a trailer to carry our bikes on our Ring of Fire expedition. Between South East Alaska and South Central Alaska lies the ... [read-more]
Susitna Leg 1: Headwaters: See here for a newer PDF version of this journey writeup. Start date: September 2012End date: September 2013 Distance: around 400 miles Mode of travel: packrafing and walkingJourney Overview Journey Writeups Leg1: Headwaters Leg 2: Damsite and Devil'sLeg 3: To the Sea ... [read-more]
Susitna Leg 2: Damsite and Devil's: See here for a newer PDF version of this journey writeup. Start date: September 2012End date: September 2013 Distance: around 400 miles Mode of travel: packrafting and walkingJourney Overview Journey Writeups Leg1: Headwaters Leg 2: Damsite and Devil'sLeg 3: To the Sea ... [read-more]
Susitna Leg 3: To the Sea: See here for a newer PDF version of this journey writeup. Start date: September 2012End date: September 2013 Distance: around 400 miles Mode of travel: packrafting and walkingJourney Overview Journey Writeups Leg1: Headwaters Leg 2: Damsite and Devil'sLeg 3: To the Sea ... [read-more]
The Dead and the Dying: A trip through the glaciers of Tutka Valley originally posted to the Ground Truth Trekking blog on September 13 2009 Last winter's meager snowfall was followed by volcanic ash, then a warm sunny spring, melting the mountains back to bare ... [read-more]
Where Threatened Waters Flow (2006): Nushagak River GET PHOTO Islands in the Nushagak River, near the Mulchatna River confluence. Anchorage, Alaska: As we tossed our hiking gear into the small, cargo-stuffed plane that would take us to Nondalton, I got a few last-minute pronunciation lessons ... [read-more]
Alaska Coal Country: 2010 has been our year of coal. Through winter and spring, we wrote articles full of esoteric details on all the coal projects and prospects in Alaska. Alaska might have as much as 10% of the world's coal - most ... [read-more]
Bering Straits Spring - Nome to Deering, 2015: Your browser does not support iframes. Skis. Sleds. Sea Ice. Blizzards. Breakup. Packrafts. One 6-year-old. One 4-year-old. Two months. 360+ miles. Along the edge of the Bering Strait from Nome to Deering. Originally, we thought we'd make it all the ... [read-more]
Journey on the Wild Coast: The Book: A Long Trek Home: 4,000 miles by boot, raft, and ski from Mountaineers Books! From the Puget Sound to the Bering Sea: Four thousand miles along the edge of the Pacific, by foot, packraft, and skis. Working to ... [read-more]
Life On Ice: Sept. 15 2011 to Nov. 15 2011 - The edge of Malaspina Glacier Pull a load over the gravel-strewn ice in a packraft-unicycle-cart. Sing the 700th verse of Old MacDonald to the toddler on my back. Photograph the sunrise on ... [read-more]
Other Journeys: Winter gear GET PHOTO A frosty ruff lines Hig's modified coat, packrafts trailing behind as makeshift sleds. Follow these links for information on our current adventures in Alaska Coal Country or our recent Journey on the Wild Coast.Information on other ... [read-more]
Unpeeling the Banana Coast (Greenland): A Trek Through Southern Greenland (June 11th-August 9th 2012 by Josh Sturtevant and Brian Kennedy)Biographies: Who are we? Josh and Brian GET PHOTO Josh and Brian in Greenland Josh SturtevantJosh is a Maine native working towards a geology degree from ... [read-more]
Where the heck is Donlin?: (This journey was undertaken by Bjorn Olson and Kim McNett, with the support of Ground Truth Trekking in Winter and Spring 2011. See the movie page for the status of the documentary)StatusCompleted in June 2011, with a documentary still to ... [read-more]
Where The Heck is Donlin? The Movie: Watch the Donlin movie! Blog Posts and Updates The Donlin bikers reach McGrath The journey begins again Free turkeys and the challenges of a filmmaker Final paddle into Bethel Map Slideshow PRESS RELEASE: The Adventure Continues (March 2012)Where the Heck ... [read-more]
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