Pump stations, Brooks Range, & a raven

Mar8

Days are getting longer and brighter around here now, but we’ve still got tons of great footage from the dimmer days of winter. Here’s our current favorite.

Over the course of about 2 hours after leaving Prudhoe Bay, Jack drives by Pump Station 3 on the Dalton Highway, then heads down into the foothills of the Brooks Range with Galbraith Airport and Pump 4 in the distance. After communing a few moments with a curious raven, he goes up and over Atigun Pass then down The Shelf, passing Chandalar state camp near the end.

Up and over Atigun Pass

Apr14

This video is by far my favorite of all of them… going over and down Atigun Pass on a bright sunny day with the mountains as your only company.

Memory Foam Clouds

Jan19

Jack took these photos a couple of days ago. The clouds have a really weird consistency to them, like there are air pockets underneath that are pushing them up in patches.

It’s kind of hard to make it out but the clouds are indented from the bottom.

It almost looks like there are mountains in the distance but it’s all clouds.

The clouds look like a layer of memory foam being pressed on from below.

Back at Home in Alaska

Nov17

Jack and I are at home enjoying normal life again. We had a wonderful trip coming back, saw more wildlife and beautiful landscapes… gained hours but lost sunlight and warmth. And now we’re settled in for the winter.

The thousands of photos I took on our trip down south will enable us to revel in our great times for days to come. We’ll be sharing them with you over the next couple of months.