Arctic Siberia, 2014
In August we journeyed north to Nome, Alaska where we spent a few days exploring the area.
We then flew onward to Siberia where we boarded a ship heading north along the coast through
the Bering Strait and northward through the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas to Wrangel Island.
We saw many whales, polar bears, walrus, Arctic Fox and Snowy Owls from shore excursions and a 2-day overland trip by tundra vehicle.
We also visited several spots along the East Siberian coast.
We have more details in our blog entries: "There is No Place Like Nome",
"Into the Realm of the Polar Bear",
"The Wonders of Wrangel Island",
"Trekol Traverse" and
"Conduit to the New World".
- Muskox near Teller, Alaska
- Starfish on Teller Spit, Alaska
- Nome to Teller Road Landscape
- Remains of Council City and Solomon River Railroad
- After midnight near Nome, Alaska
- Arctic Ground Squirrel
- Safety Sound, Alaska
- Muskox on Solomon Beach near Nome
- Whalebone Alley, Yttygran Island, Siberia
- Monkshood
- Cape Dezhnev, Siberia
- Doubtful, Wrangel Island
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Zodiac cruise past Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island
- Walrus on ice past Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island
- Pomarine Jaeger
- Four polar bears on ice, Wrangel Island
- Polar bears on ice, Wrangel Island
- Sovietskaya River hike, Wrangel Island
- Thick-billed Murre at Pitchiy Bazaar
- Fighting Black-legged Kittiwakes
- Murres at sunset, Pitchiy Bazaar
- Rising moon at Pitchiy Bazaar, Wrangel Island
- Polar bear pair at Dream Head beach, Wrangel Island
- Bearded Seal
- Wet polar bear on Dream Head Lagoon
- Fox kits near Dream Head
- Shedding Muskox, Wrangel Island
- Near Tundra Hut, Wrangel Island
- Snowy Owl, Wrangel Island
- Playful Arctic Fox kits, Wrangel Island
- Lemming, Doubtful, Wrangel Island
- Arctic Fox, Doubtful, Wrangel Island
- Doubtful, Wrangel Island
- Sandhill Crane
- Black-legged Kittiwakes on Kolyuchin Island
- Horned Puffins on Kolyuchin Island
- Tufted Puffin
- Walrus Haulout on Kolyuchin Island
- Gray Whale spout, Uelen, Siberia
- Gray Whale tail, Uelen, Siberia
- Uelen Village Dance
- Uelen, Siberia
- Gray Whales near Uelen, Siberia
- Tufted Puffins, Preobrazheniya Bay
- Pigeon Guillemot
- Common Murres, Preobrazheniya Bay
- Horned Puffin
- Beluga whale in Anadyr Bay
- Route Map