Prince of Wales Island

Mar 27, 2006 | Alaska

Enroute to POW, I first fly to Wrangell, then Ketchikan (where I overnight), then catch the IFA ferry to Hollis and finally an hour drive to Craig and Klawock where the clinic is located. As I leave Petersburg, the Alaska Air pilots give us a very exciting tour up...

Around Petersburg

Mar 27, 2006 | Alaska

Our snow-dusted Toyota sits in the parking lot patiently as we ferry fuel and building supplies across the Wrangell Narrows to work on Totland. Our job this winter is to get the electrical system safe which means a new generator, batteries and a 4000 watt...

Top of the World

Mar 15, 2006 | Alaska

OK, we’re bipolar. But after the South Pole, there isn’t a better place to unwind…. We get the call to save the frozen north from tooth decay so it’s off to Barrow Alaska. Barrow is located as far north as you can go without getting your feet...

Totland

Dec 26, 2005 | Alaska

We’re landlubbers!! After four years of searching, we’ve finally purchased a property near Petersburg–10 acres of the most beautiful shoreline we’ve found in our explorations of Southeast. Featured on the cover of Alaska Geographic (Vol. 5 No....

Village Dental Route

Oct 1, 2005 | Alaska

Another Alaskan commute–this time around Point Gardner on our way to Kake–you’re looking west with Baranof Island in the distance. We’ve just finished an 11 day clinic in Angoon and have stopped for a couple of days in Baranof Hotsprings to...

McMurdo

Aug 21, 2004 | Alaska, Antarctica

I made it in one piece after some very long flights (not to mention the tugboat trip down to Seattle from Sitka). McMurdo is truely a different and serious place-and of immense desolation and beauty. I’ve been here two days and this morning, Sunday-our only day...