National Geographic Adventure: Notes From the Tundra Ground

Assigned to photograph a climbing expedition I organized to the Arrigetch Peaks of Alaska with National Geographic Adventure magazine. The expedition involved several first ascents, and eighteen days in a very remote area north of the Arctic Circle.

Arrigetch peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska, National Geographic Adventure

Nettie Pardue crosses Arrigetch creek in the remote Arrigetch Peaks of Alaska.

Camping in the Arrigetch peaks of Alaska

Clockwise from top left: Base camp on the tundra; Arrigetch creek water source; Nettie Pardue picking crow berries; the hesitant author heads up at last.

Arrigetch Peaks, Alaska, Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park