I've been to Sheridan Glacier 4 times now this summer, and this week was the last time I will get to see it this trip. Every time I went, it looked a little different. The icebergs would be shifted, smaller, different shapes, and more or less of them. If the air was...
If you spend any time at all in Cordova, you'll notice the town slogan just about everywhere: "No Road." No road into town, no road out. The only access is by plane or boat (or by foot through the wilderness if you're super ambitious?) Cordovans are pretty proud of...
I finally had a chance to edit together the footage from my time with Capt. Anna. Still a bit of a rough edit, but I thought it was important to get her story out there. Perhaps I'll touch it up later. In the...
"So what are you finding in your research?" I'm starting to get asked this question. A lot. I've been here just over 3 weeks now, I've conducted 11 interviews, and spent a good number of hours doing participant observation and transcribing. Problem is, I don't know...
Our final morning at Baird Canyon was fairly uneventful. We got some last minute footage, packed up our (very, very dusty, dirty) belongings, and loaded everything back onto the boat. https://youtu.be/DFEcW1m1TZQ On our way out, we slowed up along Abercrombie Rapids...
The day after our hike was quite a bit more low-key. We spent the morning catching up on asset management and shooting b-roll around camp. The outhouse was an experience in every way, and deserves its very own mention. As you can see, privacy was minimal, though it...
"We're going on a hike, you want to come?" "Of course!" Who wouldn't want to go for a hike in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness on a warm, sunny summer day? We're packed and ready to go in a matter of minutes, bringing along minimal camera gear, some extra layers...
Kylie and I finally made it out to Baird Canyon last Tuesday, 4 days later than originally scheduled, and it basically took us the whole day to get there too. At least this time we were used to the routine: Load up our monstrosity of camera gear into the truck hauling...
Remember that blog post I did a few days ago about Bob smoking salmon? One of my colleagues, Kylie Juggert (seriously, check out her work, she is RAD), filmed a short behind-the-scenes piece on it while we were doing the story. Take a look!
My third day in Cordova started out with some early morning safety training with the US Forest Service. We watched two safety videos straight from the 1980s, Shoreline Survival and Hypothermia Hank. They were every bit as fantastic as you can imagine. And actually...