MClaren Pass Summit
Less Elusive than Caribou
Whether walking across the tundra, or sitting by a lake, binoculars at the ready, we were able to watch the interplay of bird life busy at work in the…
Tundra and Mountains
Tracks and Scat
Often you can walk miles (today, we walked 19!) and not see the animals that you wished to spot. But many signs can help you know that the animals passed by…
Tundra Lake
Tundra and Eskers
Lucky! We met an Alaskan couple who urged us to take the time to travel across the Denali Highway on our way over to Denali National Park. They told us that the…
Ahtna Alphabet
Eskimo and Indian
People from the lower forty-eight, like me, may not be aware of the many different Native tribes and languages of the arctic region. I believe that we are…
Valdez Pier
The salmon that return to spawn up the West coast rivers each year are the life's blood of plants and animals far inland. The fish strain and push their dying bodies up-river to lay…
Thompson Pass
Worthington Glacier
The road to Valdez, (a port town with a name famous for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill) passes through some spectacular glacial scenes. The Worthington Glacier sits…
The Copper River
Copper River
Morning Mist on Copper RIver
Wide, silty and braided, the Copper River was named for the ore that was pulled out and hauled down the mountains around the turn of…
Mount Sanford
A Way in to Alaska's Wilderness
The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park can only be accessed by road in two places, the Nabesna road and the McCarthy road. Both are gravel roads and…
Tetlin Wildlife Refuge
Tetlin Wildlife Refuge
Nestled on the Northern edge of Kluane, just across the border in Alaska, is a vaste landscape remarkable for its bogs, lakes and streams. This land…
The Land Heals
Boreal Forest
Amber, the Parks Interpreter, taught us about the many plants that the People have used to help heal the human body. Some of these plants she discussed are familiar…
Amber
Amber Berard-Althouse, a young Parks Canada Interpreter for Kluane National Park, gave an evening fire-side talk to share her story about coming back to her land. Amber's lineage is part…
The First People
The First People that traditionally inhabited Kluane had three main lineages; Champagne, Aishihik and Southern Totchone. Due to the harsh climate, The People lived in small groups,…
