Updates on journeys, essays on the issues, and a mix of anything else we feel like putting on there.
A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft, and Ski. Book by Erin McKittrick on our year-long human powered journey from Seattle to the Aleutians
A Long Trek Home photoessay in Wend Magazine, summer 2009 - by Erin McKittrick.
Reflections on Glacier Bay - by Erin McKittrick. also from the Wild Coast journey, originally published in National Parks Magazine, winter 2010
Proposed Mine Endangers Bristol Bay - by Erin McKittrick. from the Alaska Wilderness League Newsletter, February 2007, page 6.
Site of the Proposed Pebble Mine - by Erin McKittrick. A photo essay on my 2005 trip to the Pebble Mine site in Environment News Service. Or read it on my page
Bretwood Higman's 2008 report on seismic hazard assessment at the site of the proposed Pebble Mine
Bretwood Higman's 2010 report on potential active faults in the Lake Iliamna area, near the site of the proposed Pebble Mine
Reconsidering the "Value" of Gold - by David Coil, October 2010.
Where Threatened Waters Flow - by Erin McKittrick. an essay on our 2006 journey through the watersheds downstream of the proposed Pebble Mine.
The Dead and the Dying - by Erin McKittrick. a short romp through dying glaciers in 2009
Lost Forests on the Lost Coast - by Erin McKittrick. blog post from an expedition to logging's aftermath
The Fruits of Insanity - by Erin McKittrick. A February odyssey in the Kenai Fjords.
And read trip journals from over a dozen older trips on our old AK Trekking website.
Twitter Updates:@GroundTruthTrek:Hazards of winter biking: Studded tires, check. Blizzard-proof parking spot, not so much. When I came back to... http://t.co/PWWhSmnk
@GroundTruthTrek:Cottonwood trees stand bare on a lonely frozen island in Malaspina Lake. This lake is now a lagoon, with the... http://t.co/gPMBHVfz
@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