Logbook: Nuiqsut to Wasilla, entry 6: Reboarding in Fairbanks

Got to post fast...

Logbook: Nuiqsut to Wasilla, entry 5: Artsy propeller appears to fly apart over the Brooks Range o

While propellers always do odd-looking things in photographs, I have seen this particular effect only with my iPhone, not my "real cameras." I am holding the phone horizontally. The effect is totally different vertically. If we are on the ground in Fairbanks long enough for me to add some charge to my battery, I will try to show you on the next leg. I started this trip with 90 percent charge but my failing battery is already down to 24 percent and is likely to die real soon.

Logbook: Nuiqsut to Wasilla, entry 4: Long way for her to go to get x-ray

Ten days ago Felicia Brower hurt her ankle playing basketball in her home village of Kaktovik. It has not improved, so she is making a 300 mile trip to Barrow to see a doctor and get an x-ray. #logbook #medical #basketballNote: this is a last minute entry I began in Deadhorse just before boarding the flight to Fairbanks. The stewardess made me shut down probably less than a minute short of posting.

Logbook: Nuiqsut to Wasilla, entry 3: I wait at Era Aviation in Deadhorse

Next leg, Fairbanks, scheduled to leave in 20 minutes. These folks walk to the flight which will take them to Kaktovik on Barter Island at the top of ANWR.

Logbook: Nuiqsut to Wasilla, entry 2: high noon sun, enroute to Deadhorse

Logbook: Nuiqsut to Wasilla, entry 2: high noon sun, enroute to Deadhorse. As you can see, the high noon sun is sinking lower and lower each day. For now, the Arctic Slope still has the longest days of any place in the country. This will changes at equinox, September 21, when the Arctic will share a single 12 hour day with all the world, although it will still feel longer here due to the extended periods of dawn and dusk experienced in the polar regions. Then day length will rapidly diminish until mid November, when the sun will disappear altogether.