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When I left Alaska, I thought I had lost my place as a witness documenting global warming.  For nearly forty years I had watched and photographed some glaciers cascade into the ocean at alarming rates while others simply melted in place. Every year brought more extremes and records to the “Greatland”. Anomalies became patterns. Now I was in the mist […]

Part One: Corrientes Fáciles (Easy Currents) San Blas Islands, Gunayala Region, Panama Expediciones Tropicales; February 29, 2020 – March 5, 2020. Day One – Within a nautical mile we were soaked with warm Caribbean spray as we departed the busy Port of Barsuggum, bouncing fast over two-foot white caps into a fresh wind. Glancing over my shoulder and opening my […]

Since I’m not posting reports this year folks are now emailing me. Though I’m flattered you would consider me for your beta, I really don’t want to do that anymore.  I just want to be a regular skier for awhile. Please do not e-mail or call for a conditions report as I will not reply.  The exceptions are skinners who know […]

The Alaska Department of “Un-natural” Resources will be holding a meeting on Wednesday night at the Valdez Library (Downstairs). The anticipated SRO will allow locals to provide input as part of the snail-paced scoping plan for the Copper River Basin Plan that includes Thompson Pass state lands. 6-7:30 Good place to give DNR your opinion. I will be advocating non-mechanized […]

…..While we may become concerned about avalanche fatalities in Alaska, a staggering 13 Alaskans have been killed using snow-machines and ATVs on snow in Alaska since November 1st along with 18 search and rescue cases. A total of forty incidents involving sleds have required Alaska State Trooper resources so far this winter for a variety of issues. Last winter there […]