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Arctic Circle

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:49:59 +0000

Storm clouds blow over the Fort Yukon airport near the summer solstice.

Product of the summer

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:16:00 +0000

June in Alaska is a tough time for the Eat Local crowd. Long, sunny days and yet we’re not going to see produce at the markets for another two or three weeks.

Root vegetables — potatoes, carrots, beets — are still available, but supplies are running low and they’re just not the same after being storage all winter. I miss fresh carrots in particular, which made it pretty tough to edit together this video of the Vanderweele Farm carrot harvest from last September.

Alaska on 10,000 calories a day

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:00:33 +0000

Chief Iditarod veterinarian Stuart Nelson describes the dogs’ incredible performance in human terms in this audio slideshow I produced for Alaska Dispatch after returning from the 2010 race.

71 teams, 1136 dogs and a polar bear

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:16:37 +0000

Photo by Stephen Nowers/AlaskaDispatch.com

A polar bear walks on the sea ice near the Island of Little Diomede.

In March I spent 10 days following the 2010 Iditarod as a photographer for Alaska Dispatch. Incredible weather — if a little cold — and a 4th championship for Lance Mackey.

The day after Mackey crossed the finish line we hopped in our Cessna 206 for a day trip to King Island and Little Diomede. We saw this guy wandering across the ice when we were on final approach to the ice strip in front of Little Diomede. Couldn’t ask for any more.

Strawberries in Alaska

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:27:26 +0000

Arthur Keyes is experimenting a pair of California strawberry varieties on his Palmer, Alaska farm. As strange as this California-in-Alaska story seems, Keyes sees a huge upside to growing the berries in Alaska. The fruit can ripen on the plant, increasing sweetness, and Alaska’s harsh winters and isolation mean that there are very few crop-threatening pests.

He says the strawberries have been very popular with his customers at the South Anchorage Farmers Market.

[Still photo gallery from A&M Farms]

A long view of recycling

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:47:44 +0000

©Stephen Nowers
Car used as erosion control at the Eklutna Tailrace, Butte Alaska.

the politics of organic

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:18:35 +0000

Arctic Organics co-owner Sarah Bean talks about the fed’s takeover of the term “organic.”
[Still gallery from Arctic Organics]

mollusk quest

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:51:36 +0000

Stephen Nowers/alaskaphoto.net
Digging is the fun part of clamming. This is unfortunate because cleaning the creatures is a major project and you’re always tempted to harvest Just. One. More. Clam.

On this trip we planned to dig just enough for dinner and we ended up with dinner (breaded), a chowder, and a some given away. Still, they were delicious and got us ready for our salmon (Kasilof) and halibut (Deep Creek) trips the rest of the weekend.

Bug bath

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:00:06 +0000

The mosquitoes are in full swarm in Kepler-Bradley State Park but the views are worth it.

Just don’t stop ….

Hazardous practice

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:46:06 +0000

Central Mat-Su Fire Department firefighters and medics practice a standing take down on a ‘patient’ during a haz-mat drill on Saturday, June 6 (Stephen Nowers/alaskaphoto.net)

This morning Mat-Su Regional Hospital conducted a mass casualty incident to test their incident command readiness and the Central Mat-Su Fire Department helped get the patients to the triage area. I had some time to take pictures before I had to return to my engine (this image was taken the instant before the lead medic pointedly asked “Are you going to help?”).