Ground Truth Trekking is based on the belief that expeditions to see what's on the ground help us learn about important issues. We combine that "ground truth" with "researched truth," using our scientific backgrounds along with our adventures to come up with something we hope will further the conversation about these issues in an entertaining and informative way.
In addition to our ongoing expeditions, we're working on a number of projects to spread information about natural resource issues in Alaska. If you like what we're doing, please support our expeditions and our work!
It's funny, the things you find yourself doing when you fall in love. In my case, it wasn't a man that I fell for (and no, not a woman either) - it was Planet Earth. Having spent much of my adult life doing a job I didn't like to buy stuff I didn't need, I had a belated environmental epiphany at the age of 36 and realised two important things:
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and Read my post "Why Alaska?" over at Roz's blog
Among a whole host of amazing insights and experiences, two months on Malapsina Glacier brought us some stunning photos of ice
Frontier Futures - A journey around Cook Inlet (01/19/2012)
The public comment period on the closure plan for Rock Creek Mine is open until January 20, 2012.
Twitter Updates:@GroundTruthTrek:Hig may well be the only person who's packrafted upstream underneath a glacier. Luckily it was slow and safe... http://t.co/4it9li6I
@GroundTruthTrek:Seattle folks: see Hig's talk tonight! http://t.co/ApKAWWwU
@GroundTruthTrek:"Life on Ice" - a lone tuft of moss in an otherwise barren part of Malaspina Glacier. http://t.co/pfNNiK05
@GroundTruthTrek:Watch the world (especially us northerners) turning red. http://t.co/92j9gM1W
@GroundTruthTrek:Born on the glacier, these trees tilt and twist as the ice melts out from beneath their trunks. http://t.co/7T1RGNUv
