Kvichak River photo captions
Lower Kvichak River - Kvichak Bay to Levelock
2229 - Cabin in the mists across a grassy marsh on the lower Kvichak River.
2231 - Tom walking along gravel left by storms along the lower Kvichak River.
2234 - Swans taking off from a marsh along the lower Kvichak River.
2240 - Tom relaxing among our strewn food bags, contemplating the crossing of the marsh.
2243 - Lupines in the marsh along the lower Kvichak River.
2250 - Tom exhausted in a marsh of cotton grass, along the lower Kvichak River.
2252 - Sandhill crane walking through the cotton grass.
2254 - Sandhill crane taking off from a cotton grass hill.
2257 - Cotton grass fields along the lower Kvichak River.
2258 - Sandhill crane's head peeking up from a field of cotton grass.
2261 - Pair of sandhill cranes in the cotton grass.
2263 - Cotton grass tussock.
2272 - Sandhill crane walking on the tundra.
2274 - Sandhill crane gliding over the tundra along the lower Kvichak River.
2284 - Sunlit cloudberry leaves.
2297 - Cooking fire on the edge of a tundra lake.
2302 - Tundra lake under puffy clouds along the lower Kvichak River.
2306 - Blue skies over the tundra along the lower Kvichak River.
2307 - Lonely spruce in the tundra.
2314 - Alaska state flower: the 55 gallon drum.
2317 - Sunlight through the brush along the lower Kvichak River.
2327 - Tom getting water from a marsh pond, along the lower Kvichak River.
2332 - Marsh pond.
2339 - Leaf-camoflaged moth on the dwarf birch.
2343 - Cloud of mosquitos hovering over a bush at sunset.
2346 - My shadow on the evening tundra.
2348 - Collapsed cabin above the Kvichak River.
2353 - Tom collecting water from a beaver pond above the Kvichak River.
2354 - Beaver pond above the Kvichak River.
2357 - Looking along a grassy beaver dam above the Kvichak River
2359 - Beaver dam in the marshy grassland along the Kvichak River.
2368 - Driven insane by the mosquitos, Erin resorts to wearing the tarp as a head net.
2371 - A muddy slough along the Kvichak River, which got us stuck for two hours following its winding banks.
2374 - Looking through the trees to a slough along the Kveichak River.
2379 - Cotton grass, dwarf birch, and other marsh plants.
2382 - Cotton grass glows in the evening light.
2388 - The forest casts long shadows over the marshland near the Kvichak River.
2390 - The evening also brings a thick cloud of moquitos around Tom's head.
2391 - The last rays of sun highlight the white poofs of a cotton grass meadow.
2392 - Mist rises from a tundra lake at sunrise, near the Kvichak River.
Middle and upper Kvichak River, from Levelock to Lake Iliamna
2418 - Wide dusty road in Levelock village.
2419 - The Levelock International Airport.
2421 - Levelock's real airport.
2425 - Tom fishing a bone out of Levelock Creek.
2426 - Wildflower growing beside Levelock Creek.
2437 - Wildflower peering from a tangle of grass, near Levelock.
2448 - Sunset over the spruce forest, near Levelock.
2449 - Sunset over the cotton grass, near Levelock.
2463 - Lupines growing on a sandy bluff of Kvichak River.
2475 - Erin peering out of the alders along the Kvichak River.
2477- Ripples in the mud along the Kvichak River.
2483 - Walking through the tidal grasses along the Kvichak River.
2487 - Tides run far up the Kvichak River, and tidal plants grow along with them.
2491 - Ferrying across the Kvichak River in an Alpacka raft, looking for better walking on the other side.
2510 - Sandhill cranes silhouetted against the evening sky.
2514 - Last glimpse of sun between the clouds.
2516 - Erin studying the map and the view from the "exposed rock hills" near the Kvichak River.
2519 - Daisy-like flower on the tundra (undersaturated).
2528 - White tundra wildflower.
2534 - Lichen-covered rock on the tundra.
2535 - Crinkly black lichens.
2541 - Moose skull on a tundra hill, looking out towards the Kvichak River.
2547 - Teeth on a weathering moose skull.
2549 - Tom posing with the moose skull.
2558 - Erin walking across the tundra, with a "stop Pebble Mine" button on her backpack.
2563 - Small lakes are scattered across the tundra near the Kvichak River.
2566 - Daisy-like tundra flower.
2568 - Pair of daisy-like tundra flowers.
2570 - Iris in the marshes along the Kvichak River.
2571 - Dogwood flowers.
2572 - Tundra lake near the Kvichak River.
2580 - Blue wildflower near the Kvichak River.
2588 - Hig wading across a creek feeding into the Kvichak River.
2594 - Tom walking through the grasses along the upper Kvichak River.
2595 - Water droplets on salad vetch.
2596 - Water droplets on salad vetch.
2605 - Hig hiking through colorful grasses along the upper Kvichak River.
2617 - Hig ferrying Tom across an even deeper creek feeding into the Kvichak River.
2621 - Mosquito on fleece.
2622 - Flower fallen on a leaf.
2627 - Trash bag Tom fishing on the upper Kvichak River.
2635 - Tom lounging in the Sportsman's Lodge, on the upper Kvichak River.
2638 - All of us lounging in the Sportsman's Lodge, on the upper Kvichak River.
2641- Tom distressed by a cloud of mosquitos, along the upper Kvichak River.
2649 - Any tiny gap lets thousands of mosquitos into our tarp at night.
2651 - Erin and Tom looking both ways for traffic in Igiugig village
2652 - Igiugig welcome sign.
2652 - Igiugig residents cleaning salmon on the bank of the Kvichak River.
2661 - Paddling across the head of the Kvichak River on Lake Iliamna, Igiugig in the background.