Career Training for Ports and Marinas
Successful clean harbor programs depend on the efforts of skilled, well qualified employees to operate moorage basins in an environmentally sensitive manner. The training of employees is expensive, more so in Alaska with its vast travel distances. Coupled with limited training budgets, harbors often lack the ability to encourage the career development of their staff […]
More Deep Trouble for Kayakers
By their own admission, most Alaskans will admit to having a knack for getting into difficult outdoor situations. After the first big move to Alaska, it is a wonder we survive first contact with the wilderness just outside our door and lessons it holds for the unprepared. More deep trouble for kayakers is the theme […]
Traditional Nautical Superstitions: Touc...
Part of the romance of the sea is found in the traditional nautical superstitions of sailors and fishermen. Sailors and fishermen are a superstitious lot. Many nautical superstitions may have roots in an underlying truth or consideration for safety, but most reach so far back in time as to have their origins clouded in history […]
GPS and Principles of Navigation
Understanding GPS and principles of navigation will improve your outdoor experiences. Outdoor enthusiasts should understand the basic navigation principles that underlie the basis of modern GPS receivers. This knowledge will improve your results and ease of use. Once mariners started leaving sight of land, they have looked for ways to improve their navigational skills. Global […]
Fast & Cold – A Guide to Alaska Whitewat
A comprehensive rivers guide to some seventy-nine Alaskan river routes loaded with practical information for erstwhile whitewater adventurers. My friend Andy Embick has been gone now for a few years and he left behind many memories. As an avid kayaker and boater, a tangible remembrance is his book Fast & Cold – A Guide to […]