I went out on the 48 foot aluminum oil response vessel to set acoustic devices on the Beaufort Sea floor with some science consultants who work for one of the oil companies. They study the effect of industrial noise in the sea and bowhead whale migration...

Summer has flown by. Enjoyed 2 groups of guests and our trip to Mali, and now it’s already late August. Went to Homer a few days ago and bought a boat previously owned by famed Alaska outdoor writer Jim Reardon. Hope to get back into commercial ...

What a trip this has been to Mali. I brought my wife Sara and niece Aimee with my on this assignment with Winrock. Aimee has been a great traveler, never complaining about anything except the heat, which we’ve all had our fill of. We are here at ...

06152010 Sitting on a roof enjoying the early morning breeze. It’s 80 now at 530 am, on it’s way to 100+. A boy kicks a soccer ball down the red laterite road. Herders pass through with their cattle, on their way to some scattered scrub awa...

Back in Mali. End of dry season and all is hot. Stayed in same hotel with a/c that didn’t work well. Stayed in Bamako 2 nights, then up country for an all day drive after which our butts were very relieved to be over. Country looks more like des...