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Glacial Culdesac

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

I went out on the 48 foot aluminum oil response vessel to set acoustic devices on the Beaufort Sea floor with some science consultants who work for one of the oil companies. They study the effect of industrial noise in the sea and bowhead whale migration.
The pack ice is much nearer the coast this [...]

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Summer has flown by. Enjoyed 2 groups of guests and our trip to Mali, and now it’s already late August.
Went to Homer a few days ago and bought a boat previously owned by famed Alaska outdoor writer Jim Reardon. Hope to get back into commercial trolling, albeit on a smaller scale, [...]

Summer in Mali

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

What a trip this has been to Mali. I brought my wife Sara and niece Aimee with my on this assignment with Winrock. Aimee has been a great traveler, never complaining about anything except the heat, which we’ve all had our fill of.
We are here at the end of the dry season, [...]

First Rain. Double the price.

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

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Sitting on a roof enjoying the early morning breeze. It’s 80 now at 530 am, on it’s way to 100+. A boy kicks a soccer ball down the red laterite road. Herders pass through with their cattle, on their way to some scattered scrub awaiti g the first rai ns of the [...]

Mali : Mopti day 1

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Back in Mali. End of dry season and all is hot. Stayed in same hotel with a/c that didn’t work well. Stayed in Bamako 2 nights, then up country for an all day drive after which our butts were very relieved to be over. Country looks more like desert with this [...]


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