Scaling back – “Everything Husky!” is history

While improving ExploreNorth and The ExploreNorth Blog is an ongoing process, other parts of my network die. I opened “Everything Husky!” in 1999, but as of a few minutes ago it is effectively closed, with most pages except about 35 pages of evergreen content deleted. Linking to other sites...
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The swans are back – but only the shy ones so far

Reports on the number of swans now stopped in the Yukon continue to climb, so yesterday I went for a look at four of the best viewing areas. I only got very distant sightings but it was great to be out anyway. The four locations, and the number of...
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An update on Murray’s health – and Happy Spring!

This will be a significant first-afternoon-of-Spring today. Significant because I didn’t expect to be alive to see it. I was going downhill so fast that after my doctor asked if I had my estate in order (a year or so ago) and a few weeks later said we could...
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A short but spectacular aurora borealis outing

I hadn’t planned to go aurora-hunting last night, it just worked out that way, and I’m sure glad it did. I had seen a very good aurora forecast, but also saw that the weather forecast was for clouds and flurries, so gave it little thought. As the evening progressed,...
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Sunny-day walks on the Whitehorse airport trails

We’ve been having some lovely weather lately, with sunshine, and highs nearing the freezing point. The light is starting to have a Spring feel to it, so on Monday and Wednesday I pulled myself away from this box and went for walks on the trails along the Whitehorse airport....
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A look back 32 years to my first mushing expedition

A Facebook Memory this morning sent me back into a folder of images I hadn’t looked at for a long time. It contains 222 scans of Kodachrome slides I shot in January 1991 during a dog-sled expedition into the remote Blaeberry Valley west of Golden, BC, at the western...
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A winter drive to Fraser, BC, and back

Although Winter is far from over in the Yukon, there’s a change in the air, and a bit of sunshine yesterday prompted a drive south into the mountains I love. I went as far as Fraser, which is the furthest I’ve driven in a very long time. Within about...
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A little detour into the hills to find some sun

I’m not getting out much anymore, but decided to go into town and get a few groceries yesterday. It’s been dark, cloudy and dreary lately, but despite there being no good weather forecast, I wondered if perhaps the Fish Lake Road might climb up into better weather. Did it...
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Out for a photography wander at -40C

I finally got out yesterday for some photography – a 2-hour wandering drive with no plan except to take pictures of whatever caught my attention. It felt great, and I’ve posted 24 of the photos here as well as 3 short videos. I’ve been pecking away at the 3...
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The Order of Yukon

I’m going to start this post off with a screenshot from a Yukon government press release from December 7th: In my post on November 30th I said “Many weeks ago, I got 3 requests for engagements of various kinds, and I declined all of them – I simply didn’t...
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