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Greenlandic Rabbit Invasion!
OK, so they’re not really rabbits- they’re Arctic hares. And they aren’t really invading, they’re just hoppin’ around eating grass, THINKING about invading. They’re sneaky that way. While working in...
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In Praise of Brooker Creek, Florida
The area where Brooker Creek meets Tarpon Lake is a very special place. Wildlife tends to congregate there. And yea gators too but I’ve never been bothered by them. Of course I don’t go at night when...
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Icy Imprisonment: The 1849 Voyage of the HMS North Star
After my recent visit to Thule, Greenland I became intrigued by the areas colorful history of Cold War espionage and near nuclear disaster. But I decided to start at the beginning- the 1849 voyage of...
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Yukon- Before You Go! Part One
This helpful hint isn’t going to help you Europeans (because the cost of shipping is too high) but if you’re originating from either Alaska or the Lower 48, a great way to save money is to ship food...
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Yukon, Before You Go! Part Two
I used a Goal Zero portable solar panel with a recharger to power my inReach, iPhone, and camera. It worked well for my needs. The best way to use the solar panel was to put it in a clear dry bag and...
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Yukon, Before You Go! Part 3
Sea Kayak on a River There are a hundred different ways to paddle the Yukon. Since I was solo and wanted to be light and fast, I decided on a sea kayak. Other soloists I met used canoes and did quite...
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Guyana Packrafting
“Will the piranha bite my boat?” I asked our Makushi guide who’d led the 7-hour trek through the jungle of southern Guyana. The man eyed the inflatable packraft perched on the muddy bank of the...
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The Doors of Thule, Greenland
We have all heard of the doors of Zanzibar. Their decoration and beauty astounds even the dumbest of dumb people. While working at Thule Air Base I started to realize I was surrounded by strange...
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In the Footsteps of Chris McCandless
The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly...
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O’Brady’s “Impossible First”
Free Solo Across Antarctica. I noticed the article with the odd title in National Geographic. Having spent a good deal of my life working at research stations around Antarctica, and being a fan of...
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The Spirit of Adventure
In my opinion, Indiana Jones and The Temple Doom is not a movie for six and seven year old children. That said, it was Dad’s turn to watch the kids, Dad wanted to see the movie, and my six year old...
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Cueva Catedral
Cueva Catedral is a very large (but not very long) cave in western Puerto Rico, which has a couple of skylights in the roof. At certain times of the day, rays of light will come through these...
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Cueva Aguas Buenas
Ashlee peers into the impressive resurgence of Aquas Buenas Not sure why they call this ‘Good Water Cave’ considering the amount of bat guano leaching into the stream there, but Aguas Buenas is ‘good’...
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Gear List and Lessons Learned Lessons learned: —Eyelash viper, Bushmaster, Coral, and other venomous snakes are mostly peaceful creatures. However, the Fer-de-lance (French for spearhead) is...
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New Discoveries in the Dominican Republic By Dave Weimer & Lukas Eddy We have a big problem. It was a text from Lukas Eddy in the Dominican Republic. He and his wife, Suhei, had scoured the...
View ArticleFlying with a Small Dog: Misadventures with Airline Pet Policies
My dog likes to fly. Chicken has flown on several different airlines and has been as far north as Alaska and as far south as Puerto Rico. She has been shown preferential treatment because of her...
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Kathleen Tunison Michel Feb. 26, 1925–Jan. 23, 2023 At the age of eighty-four, Kathleen had an accident. As she walked through a parking lot, she stumbled over a speed-bump and fell, face first, into...
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