July 30 From the South Nahanni River, Northwest Territories Our transportation Our lodging Our backyard Our kitchen Our dining room Our drinking water Our Nahanni family
Posted on July 30th, 2012 by stevebahls
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Twelve days of rafting
Rain Delay
This past week due to rain and heavy winds, the group has been stuck on base. Nevertheless it’s been a fun week full of new experiences. -We’ve said hello to a new team member (Doug Cause) and goodbye to another (Calen Offield).
Posted on July 28th, 2012 by Claire Behnke
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Catching Kittiwakes and Downloading Data and a Few Other Surprises
This past week has been focused on catching passerines here on base and on catching Black-Legged Kittiwakes with geolocators on Saunder’s Island. It has been full of late nights, long hours on the boat, and getting pooped on. Our original plan on Sunday was to travel up North to catch Thick-Billed Murres and Dovekies and [...]
Posted on July 20th, 2012 by Claire Behnke
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Rafting the great expedition rivers of North America
July 18 A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure. It offers a necessity of life that must be rationed among those who have power over it. — Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, in New Jersey v. New York, 283 U.S. 336, 342 (1931)
Posted on July 18th, 2012 by stevebahls
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Camping out in Booth Sound
This past week, Sunday, July 8th to Saturday, July 14th, Bridger, Jeff and I camped out in Booth Sound. The goal for the week was to recapture the arctic terns that were banded with geolocators two years ago. Last year they attempted to do the same, but only recaptured 1 out of about 24. Our [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2012 by Claire Behnke
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How to capture a Peregrine Falcon
Bridger, Jeff, and I just got back last night from almost a week camping out in Booth sound. I’ll get to that excursion a little later, but first let me continue what I started about the peregrine and gyrfalcons. This group’s mission when it first started coming to Greenland in the 70′s was focused solely [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2012 by Claire Behnke
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Which author was right about wilderness?
July 16 A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of laughter more terrible than any sadness-a laughter that was mirthless as the [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2012 by stevebahls
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Midnight sun oddities
July 13 There are strange things done under the midnight sun…. — Robert Service, Yukon rhymester We are leaving the Yukon and moving on to the Northwest Territories. The Yukon is a great place, but we certainly had some strange experiences:
Posted on July 13th, 2012 by stevebahls
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Land of mosquitoes and bears
July 12 Remember to keep the main thing the main thing. — My father, Carl Bahls There are two annoyances in the Arctic — mosquitoes and bears. High in the Arctic, mosquitoes can swarm you by the hundreds. You might be the only warm-blooded creature in 25 square miles. And it is not uncommon to [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2012 by stevebahls
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Stepping into someone else’s mining boats
July 11 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mocking Bird I am fond of reminding our students that one of the benefits of a broad liberal [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2012 by stevebahls
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