Off for the weekend
Packing up for the weekend and taking off! See you in a few days. . Photo Eric Guth
Alaska
Arriving over the Bering Strait
We made it!! We had a spectacular flight across the Bering Strait and we are now through our first week in Chukotka. Thank you all for the well wishes. The weather was perfect for our crossing, and our pilot made some extra loops over Alaska just for us. Twenty minutes into our one hour flight…
Protection
This is the seawall that protects Shishmaref, Alaska from erosion caused by sea level rise, sea ice loss, and changing storm patterns. What will protect us now? Well, we’ll have to do make our own protections and our own agreements. And today’s absence of political leadership will make space for new leaders to arise, I…
Perspective
Going for the long view… Photo by Eric Guth #naturenocturne tonight! #meetthenorth #alaska #perspective
Sunrise sunset
The sun is always setting somewhere. Shishmaref, Alaska. By Eric Guth #meetthenorth #lindbladexpeditions #sunset #sunrise #shishmaref #alaska #beringsea #coastalcommunities #climatechange #pink #snowmobile #lifeuphere #pashfam #smalltown #northernlife
Listening
Getting out there. It’s by talking to people outside of my usual community that I begin to change my ideas about what other people are like into a lived experience of spending time with them. Listening brings us closer together. Here, Karla Nayokpuk shows me photographs of her father’s dog team while her mum, Elizabeth,…
Endless beauty
Oh Alaska, show me your endless beauty. Photo by Eric Guth #meetthenorth #arctic #alaska #beringlandbridge #serpentine #serpentinehotsprings #north #arctic #lindbladexpeditions #calm #sunrise #endlessbeauty #showme #peace #tranquility #peaceonearth
In the frame
When you tell a story, especially through social media, there’s an expectation that you put yourself in the frame too. That often means sharing photos of your best days and learning to skip from highlight to highlight – like jumping across elevated points of land on a rainy day, trying to keep your shoes dry….
Once a year
Today’s theme: once a year. We were in Unalakleet, Alaska this spring as the cottonwood buds were coming alive and filling the air with the heavy perfume of spring. Where I come from we call it the Balm of Gilead, and it only happens once a year. I loved that I could go up the…
Aimless wandering
Springtime looks different around the Arctic Circle, but don’t let the snow fool you. Renewal is in the air, no matter the temperature. It’s early morning here, and I’m snowshoeing deeper into this valley . . . for no particular reason. We wanted to get some early morning photos on the theme of human migration,…