Arctic Treks

06/15/2017

Revived plans to drill for oil at the calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou herd are prompting outcries from Indigenous people with ancient ties to the herd.

04/21/2017

This is when Fairbanksans officially consider it spring--when the birds come back! Right now at Creamer's Field there are hundreds of geese, ducks and swans--and the first sandhill crane just arrived today!

01/03/2017

A powerful, important message from our dear friend Tom Campion about the ongoing work needed to protect the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge.

http://act.alaskawild.org/sign/Senate_refuge2016/

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will not survive without the engagement of everyday citizens. The threat to the refuge by politicians who want to allow drilling for oil has never been more urgent.

01/03/2017

Some good information here about what this decision means.

President Obama’s decision to block drilling has been a boon to efforts to protect fragile environments.

01/03/2017

We are so grateful to President Obama for taking this action to protect the Arctic Ocean!

BREAKING NEWS!

Thank you President Obama for listening to the call of coastal communities, scientists, and the large majority of Americans who recognize that offshore drilling is too risky and too dirty to allow. Today’s decision to permanently protect 115 million acres in the Arctic Ocean solidifies your climate legacy with 125 million acres protected in the Arctic. It also moves America one step closer to a clean energy future.

Our statement:http://www.alaskawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Arctic-Protections-Statement-FINAL.pdf

12/12/2016

More beautiful photos from Tom Gilmore from last August

Early August basecamp with Arctic Treks on the North Slope. It was green when we arrived and it snowed the 2nd day. Fall colors became more and more evident every day.

12/11/2016

Beautiful photography from Tom Gilmore, from a trip with us this summer

"August Snow" is hanging for the first time in public at the Sanford - Springvale Art Association gallery. This 12" x 40" print is mounted and sealed (including UV protection) to a 3/8" MDF board. The scene is the Oolah Valley in Gates of the Arctic National Park. If you want to see a scene like this for yourself just sign up with Arctic Treks for one of their trips. Or stop by the gallery and take this one home with you!

09/16/2016

from Carol's Sept 10 facebook post -- "These two weeks or so when hundreds to thousands of sandhill cranes gather in the UAF and Creamers Refuge fields are always magical to me. Today as I walked the trails at Creamers, the air was empty and quiet, with just a lone pair of cranes in the tall grass talking softly to each other. It made me think of the lone caribou we see up north after the herd has moved on, if they'll have to make their way south by themselves, or be able to find others of their kind to journey with."

UAF FARM FIELDS — Gliding in with their wings folded like paper airplanes, nine Canada geese drop their paddle feet and prepare to land in a corner of this cleared

08/20/2016

such beautiful, moving writing by Rick Bass about a trip he did with us to the Arctic Refuge and village of Kaktovik

“What we do in this world matters; what can we leave behind that is beautiful?” Those are among the opening words in "Hearts & Bones," a lyric essay by nature writer Rick Bass published here as a Sierra digital exclusive. The line is classic Bass—communicating a sensitivity to the world as it is, an...