It was a cold day, but after a morning sitting in my office for the first time in several weeks I needed to get out. I bundled up and after ...
Post-Apocalyptic Ice formations
A little over a week ago I was walking on the frozen river when I felt my feet crunching through a thin layer of ice down to the solid ice below. The ...
The Four Crystal Types
Type 4 The weather the past week has been more typical of this time of year with temperatures hovering between +10 and -10 F. These are very good ...
Sun, Birds, & Ice
Today was the first sunny day we've had in a while. The sun did not rise till close to 11 am and set again at just before 3 pm so although the sun ...
-20 F Lunchtime walk
The skies started clearing yesterday and the temperature plummeted. I'd been thinking earlier this week how much I'd been missing the sun. We had an ...
Chatanika Valley Snowshoe
I headed out this morning a bit later than I had hoped. I'd initially planned on leaving a bit before 10 am (sunrise was at 9:57 am) but when I ...
A very windy day
The wind was howling as I drove down into the Chatanika valley yesterday morning. It was just after sunrise, the temperature was hovering at 5 F ...
Sun & Ice in the Chatanika Valley today
The rising sun highlighting this crystal formation It was just below zero when I started walking this morning around 10 am. The sun had risen ...
The Beauty of Methane Bubbles in Ice
The temperatures dropped this past week and remained below freezing until today when it warmed up to just above. With the colder temperatures the ...
Insects and spiders in the cold
I've been making a last ditch effort to document as many insects and spiders as I can before the snow buries them. I feel I'm trying to make up ...