Thanks, folks! I am very aware of how lucky I am to live in a place like this and have a flexible enough job that I can have a few trips in mind each year and pop out the door at the last minute when a weather window presents itself. The mail plane can deliver me to many interesting locations throughout the archipelago quickly and cheaply, and that sets up cool point-to-point options.
I think my favorite feature of this area of Alaska is the mind-blowing profusion of wildlife we have here. On a typical hike across the island I am likely to encounter a dozen Kodiak brown bears or more. Herds of mountain goats in the alpine and Sitka black tail deer are essentially everywhere. Sometimes a herd of reindeer (if I’m on the right corner of the island). Roosevelt elk on Afognak Island. Foxes everywhere. River and sea otters, Steller sea lions and harbor seals, humpback, California grey, fin, and killer whales. Harbor and Dall porpoises. So many birds it’s nuts. You would be hard pressed to find a place with as much watchable wildlife. There is basically something walking, flapping, or swimming by all the time, and I try to reflect that in my videos. And for the win, if you know what you’re doing it’s also pretty easy to avoid bad bugs. Score!
Cheers.
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