Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Visit ANWR

Everyone should visit ANWR at least a couple times. An amazing place. The caribou herd roam, the polar bears stalk the sea ice of the coastal shoreline and the birds come back every summer.

We run a number of tours including Rafting and photography tours to the Refuge. Always a blast to return.

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Polar Bear Cub Photo

Hey Folks, I just got back from 10 days in the arctic, photographing polar bears. Amazing creatures to watch and be around. We were lucky to have a few opportunities with mothers and their cubs (mostly 2 year olds). This particular afternoon we found a young sow and her cubs of the year (born this […]

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Win a Free Calendar

Hey Folks, In the holiday spirit, I’m offering three 8″x12″ monthly calendars as giveaways this year. All you have to do to enter is (a) be a subscriber to the “Ramblings” newsletter (you can subscribe below), and (b) correctly answer the question posed in the latest version of that newsletter. Please do NOT enter your […]

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Polar Bear Photo Tour Announcement

Hey Folks, Bookings are now being taken for a week long polar bear photo tour in arctic Alaska for 2013. This tour is limited to 4 myself plus photographers only; a smaller group than any other polar bear photo tour I’ve seen advertised. For one week in October it’ll be our group and as many […]

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Image of the Month: Polar bear of the Arctic

Hey Folks, Here’s a curious young polar bear from our recent trip to the arctic. This young bear surfaced and stood in the shallow water, and shook like a dog; a 400 lb dog, but a dog nonetheless. Fortunately, the light was happening at the time, and I happened to have a camera in my […]

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ANWR polar bears playing on ice Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska.

Polar Bears Playing on the Ice

Hey Folks, A week in arctic Alaska, photographing Nanuq, the magnificent polar bear? An awesome, awesome trip. I took 3 people up earlier this month for a fantastic week, where we were so lucky to get to spend time up close and personal with polar bears; literally, dozens and dozens of polar bears. US F&WS […]

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ANWR trips Canning River Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

ANWR Trip – Canning River Video

ANWR trip video, rafting trip floating down the Canning river, Brooks range to the Arctic Ocean and the coast at the Beaufort Sea. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to caribou, moose, bears, wolves, Dall sheep, falcons, eagles and a whole lot more.

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ANWR trips Canning Rievr coastal plain Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Image of the Month: Arctic Coastal Plain

Image of the month, for December, 2010. | Coastal plain, near the Canning River, Section 1002, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Alaska.

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ANWR trips Hiker playing American Native flute on coastal plain Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

ANWR Photos – 50 photos for 50 years.

50 photos for 50 years! Dec 6, 2010, marks the 50th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife refuge, or ANWR. Over 19 million acres of wild lands, the refuge is a treasure, home to thousands of creatures and features; the caribou herds, the Brooks Mountains, the broad coastal plain, migratory birds and countless other gifts to this world. Video of photos and music.

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Canning River rafting trips ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska.

Brooks Range, ANWR

Brooks Range photo, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Alaska. Marsh Fork and Canning River trip, 2010.

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Pacific Loon photo, ANWR

Photo of a Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica) from the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, near the Canning River.

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