“If there is a pan of ice that hits the shorefast ice from the North, it can take off a sheet of ice, and you can go with it.” The serious expression of the 67-year-old whaling captain made it impossible to mistake the potential risk associated with the ancient tradition of spring whale hunting from the sea ice off the shore of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. What I didn’t know at the time was that I was about ...[Read More]
Will the ice break out? – a story from the farthest north ice trails
