Cane Creek
1927. First full day. No bears, but many sheep including at least one ram; as-yet-unidentified birds, a mouse and… maybe that was it. We’ve seen lots of scat and track and believe we’ve seen bear, wolf, fox, sheep and caribou scat; and wolf, sheep and caribou tracks – oh, and bear tracks. I think we walked close to six miles today. We made our turn out of Cane Creek, towards Red Sheep Creek, this afternoon – it was a 1000’ climb that we did in about an hour, following what were likely sheep or caribou paths. After we got to the top Continue reading “Notes from the Field: 14 August 2013, Day Two” →
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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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