Shown on the map (Credit: U.S. Geological Survey) is the location of our Base Camp in ANWR from June 24 - 29, 2009.


We hiked in various directions each day to photograph the landscape, plants, tundra and herds of Caribou as they passed through. Most days, starting in the early morning, we hiked through a few of the first shallow river channels and then set up the tripod and camera on a gravel bar, hiding between the willows. Caribou herds would work their way down over the passes across the river and gradually cross either up stream or down stream from our location. At times we would have herds cross very near our location, other times they would cross miles away. We estimate that we saw over 8,000 total caribou migrate during our time on the Aichilik River. We also observed three Gray Wolves, all moving through as singles. One Gray Wolf did approach our camp area.


Camera equipment used: Gitzo 3540LS Tripod, Wimberly Gimbal Tripod Head, (2)Nikon D2X Camera Bodies, AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D Lens, AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D Lens IF-ED, AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED Lens, AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G IF-ED Lens, Nikon AF-I Teleconvertor TC-14E, (3)spare EN-EL4A Li-On Battery Packs, Multiple 4Gb and 8Gb Lexar Professional CompactFlash Cards