Posts by Corey Himrod
Getting Up Close And Personal With Alaska’s Glaciers
Alaska Wilderness League is always excited to share new guest bloggers. Daniel Fortner of Alaska Shore Tours gives his experience with glaciers in Alaska, how they’re made, and the effects that climate change is having on these awe-inspiring natural wonders.
Read MoreThe Home Of The White Bear
Author Michael Engelhard has written a new essay collection, American Wild: Explorations from the Grand Canyon to the Arctic Ocean, and Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon. He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska and works as a wilderness guide in the Arctic.
Read MoreAlaska Wilderness League Statement On Cindy Shogan’s Retirement
Statement from Betsy Loyless, chair of the Alaska Wilderness League board, announcing Cindy Shogan’s retirement and Alaska Wilderness League transition. After 18 years of fighting for the wild lands and waters of Alaska, Cindy Shogan announced her retirement to the board of the Alaska Wilderness League as of March 3, 2017.
Read MoreThe Circle Of Life In The Tongass
(This piece is posted with permission, and originally appeared in National Geographic.) 1Frame4Nature is a collection of images and stories from around the globe of your personal connection to nature. However small, when combined with the actions of others, your individual actions can impact real and tangible outcomes for the preservation of our planet.
Read MoreA Prayer For The Arctic Refuge
A self-described mountain guide, polar and spiritual explorer, Ario Daniel Z’Hoo is preparing to embark on an once-in-a-lifetime expedition to protect one of wildest places on Earth: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For Ario, however, this is a return to a place that captured his heart more than a decade ago.
Read MoreWhen I First Fell For The Arctic
(This piece is posted with permission from the Patagonia Cleanest Line blog.) Nathaniel Wilder’s photography work takes him back to the Arctic year after year: to an Iñupiat whaling village on the Chukchi Sea, for a honeymoon traverse through the Gates of the Arctic, to a village of Gwich’in caribou hunters on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s…
Read MoreClose Encounter In The Tongass National Forest
This piece comes from our good friends up at NW Navigation Co., Jeffrey and Christine Smith, who lead specialty cruises in the San Juan Islands, as well as the Inside Passage and Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. See the original blog here.
Read MoreHow Two Tribal Women Are Fighting To Protect The Arctic From Oil Drilling
(This post originally appeared on AlterNet.) The Gwich’in people of Alaska and Northern Canada have fought for three decades to protect the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling and other threats.
Read MoreIt’s Time To Permanently Protect The Arctic Ocean
In November, President Obama took the bold step of removing the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from the five-year offshore leasing plan for 2017-2022, which included one proposed lease in the Chukchi Sea and one in the Beaufort Sea.
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