18/6/2016 The dream team (Bert, Alexander, Andrea and myself) had one more afternoon to explore Alaska before going back to Anchorage to drop Andrea off for her flight back home. The rest of us were going to travel north and explore Denali Highway for the next few days. But first, Byron Glacier. Byron Peak is a 4,590 …
The bear, the other bear, the one that got away and a big old glacier! Read More »
We thought we\’d take a small break from our usual updates because we need to digest the news. Democracy, very much like a bear, can be a difficult beast. It looks beautiful and powerful, but when it turns against you, suddenly it has a set of scary teeth and claws. 48.11% of the EU referendum voters have …
UK leaves the EU: an issue hot enough to burn a polar bear’s butt! Read More »
\”There she blows…!\” \”We have a humpback whale on our 11 o\’clock\” shouts the onboard ranger as the whole lot of passengers run towards the left side of the boat! We had an epic start to our adventures. We drove down to Seward with Alexander and Andrea, our new conference friends to take a cruise boat to …
The whale, the other whale, the otter and the rest of the stuff Read More »
The conference The conference begun with an evening buffet in the Dena\’ina Civic and Convention Centre. This must have been the largest IBA (International Bear Association) conference ever! More than 450 people registered to attend. Bert and I spent most of the first evening trying to spot people I know or people we needed to interview …
Bear people, incomprehensible stats and learning how to listen Read More »
Ημέρα 8 Μετά τη χθεσινή ημέρα των πυροβλητών και τοξοβολίας, σκεφτήκαμε ότι θα ήταν καλή ιδέα να τσεκάρουμε μερικά μαγαζιά τοξοβολίας εδώ γύρω.. Στην Ελλάδα έχω ήδη ένα τόξο, άλλα εδώ και καιρό ψάχνω ένα takedown τόξο γιατί μπορείς να το σπάσεις σε 3 κομμάτια και να το μεταφέρεις κανονικά στην βαλίτσα σου στα ταξίδια …
Το τζακούζι, η αρκούδα-κίνδυνος και η γενέθλια άλκη Read More »
Day 8 After the day out shooting, we realised that we needed to check some of the archery shops around. I own a recurve bow in Greece, but I have been looking for a takedown recurve for a long time because you can break them down to three small pieces and travel with them. We spent …
The hot tub, the danger bear and the birthday moose Read More »
Welcome to Alaska First of all, curtains: the third best thing after bears and lemon sorbet. I was so excited about Alaska, I completely forgot that summer here means that the sunset and the sunrise are so damn close together, it doesn\’t get completely dark. Newfound appreciation for curtains and being able to read time. We …
Day 3 – Chipmunks are the shit! Nothing to report from my 5am raccoon inspection. Where are they? Another hockey match (with same teams playing against each other and the same team winning), followed by a quick supermarket visit and a drive around the back of the supermarket to experience the steepest road in Toronto. …
Day 2. My 5am wakeup in search of racoons was not fruitful, so I went back to bed. Today we explored the neighbourhood and saw a hockey match! Albeit an 11 year old boys hockey match, but still brutal enough for boy no.X from The Tigers to \’spear\’ boy no.Y from The Mustangs with the butt …
Day 1. We left the UK in what seems 1349834534 hours ago. Just about as long as it took us to pack all our stuff (using Angeliki\’s old method of spreading everything on the floor, packing once, taking everything out again, and repacking when the time is right).. First stop: Canada. Apparently it is cheaper …