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
It was just below zero when I started walking this morning around 10 am. The sun had risen about 30 minutes earlier, but was still just barely above ...
A climate change sorta day
I headed down to the Tanana Lakes rec area at lunch today. The last few days have been very warm. We had a warm front move in from the SE the last ...
Old Chatanika gold mines
I headed out to the Chatanika valley North of Fairbanks this morning for a long walk. It snowed yesterday and the roads were very slick. I took it ...
Ice + Plants
I went on a long walk in the middle of the day today. I didn't go far, but I took my time. I was able to do so as I'd gotten to work early and ...
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 ...
A little bit of everything
For a day that never got above 30 F I found an amazing number of small insects and spiders and even more incredible, many of them were active. Early ...
Unexplored trails
Over the last few years I've walked the banks of the Chatanika river upstream of the Elliot highway bridge all the way to the Steese highway (about ...
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 ...