Notes From the Far North - Part Two

Their "summer office" is a boat in the far North...on the Yukon River. They study the Peregrine Falcons along the river each year, counting nesting pairs, then counting babies about two weeks later. Such a life, what a job! These are notes from my daughter and son-in-law. I am sharing them with their permission, so you can enjoy the beauty of this wonderful land!

 Root Glacier

Photo: Florian/Ambrose

Greetings from the Land of the Midnight Sun!

Thought you might like to see a few photos from our trip down to McCarthy, AK in Wrangell-St. Elias NP.  Our route followed the pipeline south and it was beautiful scenery the whole way!  The little town of McCarthy sits next to the little mill town of Kennicott.  Kennicott was the site of a copper processing mill high on the hills above Root Glacier.  It was no easy task getting copper out of the mountains here back in the early 1900s, but it the copper was such a high grade that it was worthwhile.  We decided there must have been some real tough characters who came here to work back then.  It had to have been a hard life.  We had a nice hike up to the glacier and camped in some pretty nice spots on this trip.

Kennecot Copper Mill, McCarthy, AK

Photo: Florian/Ambrose

We are getting ready to go back to the Yukon tomorrow to count peregrine nestlings and then we head home!  Hope you are enjoying your summer!

~Chris, Skip, and Abbey

Get out and explore!
Pat