Back to the stories behind some favorite images! It’s probably obvious why I chose this image to lead the Alaska Wildlife gallery. Grizzly bears are so closely associated with the North American wilderness that it seemed too good a choice to pass up. But brown bears fishing for salmon are almost an Alaska clichĂ©, soContinue reading “Alaskan Brown Bears”
Tag Archives: Wildlife
Renovated Site
I’ve intended to do something different with Gone Floatabout for a long time. I’ve wanted to make it into a photography site, showcasing the beauty of the natural world, rather than a blog site relating personal sailing stories, so now I’ve finally done it. I’ll still write posts, but they’ll focus more on specific photographsContinue reading “Renovated Site”
Alaska Reel
Here’s a short video I’ve been working on recently, of the beauty of Alaska. I picked some of my favorite footage of wildlife, scenery, and sailing from summers there aboard CELESTE. Hope you enjoy it! (I’ve embedded it from Vimeo because I kind of prefer it, although I’ve also uploaded the video to YouTube. IfContinue reading “Alaska Reel”
Whales!
Since everyone seems to have a different date for World Whale Day, I figured today was as good a day as any to share some whale photos 🙂 The humpback whales are here in Hawaii for the winter – we saw five just the other day, including a baby! Seeing whales from a little outriggerContinue reading “Whales!”
Critter Post 7: Atlantic Blue Tang
A big departure from my earlier Critter Posts: this one doesn’t live in Alaska and doesn’t breathe air! The Blue Tang is a reef fish native to the tropical Atlantic, so with this Critter Post, we’re harkening back to Seth’s and my global circumnavigation aboard HERETIC, during which we snorkeled with Blue Tangs in theContinue reading “Critter Post 7: Atlantic Blue Tang”
Critter Post 6: Least Auklet
Another bird-nerd critter post! I have a soft spots for goofy-looking birds and they don’t get much goofier than auklets. On our sail to the Arctic in 2015, Seth and I spent several days on St Paul island in the central Bering Sea, binoculars and cameras trained on cliffs full of nesting auklets. It wasContinue reading “Critter Post 6: Least Auklet”
Critter Post 5: Snowy Owl
All my critter posts so far have focused on mammals, but we see so many interesting birds while sailing that I thought it was time for an avian critter post. Two years ago, on the Alaskan North Slope, we were lucky enough to see a snowy owl. We watched him for hours as he sweptContinue reading “Critter Post 5: Snowy Owl”
Critter Post 4: American Mink
Last year on our way south through the Alaska Panhandle, we spotted our first American mink, the animal I’ve decided to make the subject of my fourth Critter Post. Basic Facts:
Critter Post 3: Caribou
Despite a paucity of images, I’ve decided to write about the caribou for Critter Post 3. Caribou are an integral part of life in the Arctic and we were lucky enough to see one on the shore of the Beaufort Sea on Alaska’s North Slope – quite the sight, the lone antlered creatureContinue reading “Critter Post 3: Caribou”
Critter Post 2: American Black Bear
We saw our first black bear of the 2017 summer on the shore of Wrangell Narrows as we passed through on our way to Petersburg, Alaska. So I decided to make the American Black Bear the subject of Critter Post No. 2. (For those of you who didn’t see Critter Post 1, the inspiration for thisContinue reading “Critter Post 2: American Black Bear”
Critter Post 1: Steller Sea Lion
As many of you know, the wildlife we see on our voyages is one the big highlights of sailing for us. So I’ve decided to try out a few posts exclusively about critters. This is mostly inspired by fellow birder, sailor, and blogger Chris of s/v Take It Easy, who writes informative posts about birdContinue reading “Critter Post 1: Steller Sea Lion”
Avian winter visitors
2016/17 was a bit of a tough winter for living aboard our sailboat – the harbor froze over; it was unusually cold and snowy for the Pacific NW; and the short days were a bit depressing at times – but we made some great friends and, being amateur bird nerds, we really enjoyed all theContinue reading “Avian winter visitors”
