Category: Wildlife

Seeing wildlife up close is an event that I always consider a gift. Every now and then one of those gifts is so special that I don’t even have proper words to describe what it means to me. Two years ago, it was a wolf family in Denali Park....

July 18, 2006: Fairbanks to Denali National Park – 125 milesI dropped my group off at the Alaska Railroad for their trip to the park, while I went ahead with the motorcoach and got their luggage into their hotel rooms before meeting them at the Denali railroad depot. This...

It was another excellent day of watching our wild neighbours yesterday. Although bears were again our focus, we found none. What we did find was Dall sheep, mountain goats, and some snow geese and Greater white-fronted geese that we only have a chance to see for a few days...

We have funny seasons in the southern Yukon. Spring and Fall are so brief and indistinct that it’s easy to just say that we have 2 seasons, Summer and Winter. It’s late Winter now, but it feels like Summer will be here shortly. Scattered pussy-willows can be seen along...