Trail of the Whispering Giants: Peter Wolf Toth Valdez As I was exploring the small hamlet of Valdez, my attention was drawn to a huge wooden statute of a Native American head standing beside the residence of Prince William Sound College. Images of Mt. Rushmore came to mind. It is not often that I have seen a wooden statute of this size therefor...

This week has been very busy after returning from Anchorage and leaving civilization back at the harbor. Alex, Joe and I spent Saturday trying to waste time as our bosses were weathered in at Naked Island due to 7-10 foot swells. We made it back out to camp, and began the third phase of the project with continuing to check nests, while also beg...

"I am sorry to interrupt but there seems to be a bear in our back yard." Finally. I had seen one big black bear from a distance of 500 yards or so, but as the woman staying in the neighboring cabin expressed the close proximity of this bear I certainly felt a little scared, but more interested. It turns out it was a big male, rough estimates at...