Originally posted on National Geographic 6/11/2013: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/11/gyre-expediton-day-one-part-ii-saturday-june-8/ A discussion: Why bother to clean beaches never visited by people? If it’s just an ugly mess, why not just leave it? Answers vary, even among our group. “Seeing this offends my dignity,” says one colleague. “I am embarrassed as a human to see how much trash is here.” […]
Gulf of Alaska Keeper
GYRE Expedition Day One – Morning (Saturday, June 8)
Originally posted on National Geographic: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/11/gyre-expediton-day-two-saturday-june-8/ Morning we wake in Tonsina Bay, one of many coves ringed by near-vertical forested slopes. The beauty takes my breath away. So do a half-dozen mountain goats, each with a small baby, above the treeline, above a grass slope, on a rocky precipice. How do mountain goats survive their lives? […]