Fairbanks – Arctic Village – Cane Creek

1100. Starting weights (body and pack), as weighed in at Wright Air this morning:

• Shari: 152/44
• Erin: 158/38
• Jennifer: 144.3/48

The pack weights don’t include a gallon of camping fuel, plus we made a few gear swaps after we disembarked in Arctic Village. Captain “Boots” flew us first to Fort Yukon, dropped off two Continue reading “Notes from the Field: 13 August 2013, Day One” →

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Unalaska – Anchorage-Fairbanks

Our journey started yesterday with but a minor hiccup – that moment when the pilot told us, “Sorry, folks, you’re going to need to deplane.”

After an hour of sitting in the terminal – the quietest I’ve ever heard it as 17 or so of us sat around and waited for Dr. Jason to pay a PenAir house call -we all got back on board Continue reading “Notes from the Field: 12 August 2013, Day One-1” →

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This morning there are two foxes in the yard. They’ve been there for at least a half-hour so far, and show no interest in moving on anytime soon. One of them – reddish with darker tips on its hair, what we would call a “cross fox” – is busily pawing through the snow looking, I’m sure, for bits of bird …