The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot. — Werner Herzog
Heartbeat of the North in Alaska, 2023
The Zen of Soaring in Alaska, 2022
Tossing the Caber in Alaska, 2022
Driving a Magic Bus in Alaska, 2022
A Clear and Present Danger in Alaska, 2022
Treasure Island in Alaska, 2022
Swell Times in the Cradle of Storms in Alaska, 2022
A Wandering Life in Earth Island Journal, 2022
Weaves of Grass in Alaska, 2022
Facing the Sun in Alaska, 2022
The Fearing Time in Wild West, 2022
Luminary of the Sublime in Alaska, 2022
Midnight Shadows in Alaska, 2022
City of Dreams in True West, 2021
Things That Go Bump in the Bush in Alaska, 2021
Bruin Highways in Alaska, 2021
Chariots of Fire in Alaska, 2021
Bear’s Best Friend in Sierra, 2021
The Engineered Earth in Earth Island Journal, 2021
An Insider Artist in Alaska, 2021
The Aloha Connection in Alaska, 2021
Trails to the Whales in Alaska, 2021
The Rhubarb King’s Realm in Alaska, 2021
Caribou Means of Seduction in Alaska, 2021
Tibet in the Talkeetnas in Alaska, 2021
Flight of the Hot-Blooded Bumblebee in Alaska, 2021
Simple Retreats in Alaska, 2021
Volcanic Walkabout in Alaska, 2021
The Men of Company L in Alaska, 2021
Close Encounters with the Gelatinous Kind in Alaska, 2021
Dateline Adventurers in Alaska, 2021
Splendid Desolation in Alaska, 2021
Wheels to Fortune in Adventure Cyclist, 2021
The Last Mammoth in Alaska, 2021
Into Cold Air in Aviation History, 2021
A Great Luxury in Alaska, 2021
Professor Cold in Alaska, 2021
Light at the End of the Tunnel in Earth Island Journal, 2020
Watching the White Bear in Sierra, 2020
Frond of Fiddleheads in Alaska, 2020
Gifts from the Forest and Sea in Alaska, 2020
Ancestral Tapestries in Alaska, 2020
Picturing Nature in Earth Island Journal, 2020
The Sweet Scents of Home in Alaska, 2020
Finders, Keepers in Alaska, 2020
Dressed to Survive in Alaska, 2020
Eagle Island Blues in Alaska, 2020
Troubled Tundra in Earth Island Journal, 2020
Feline Boom and Bust in Alaska, 2020
A Parade of Fourths in Alaska, 2020
Lessons from a Sea Goat in Alaska, 2020
Good Migrations in Alaska, 2020
One for the Far North in Alaska, 2020
Revival of the Bark Canoe in Alaska, 2020
First Steps Toward Adventure in Alaska, 2020
Stalking Dragons in Alaska, 2020
Frederick Schwatka in True West, 2020
Chasing the Lights in Alaska, 2019
Mystery Bull from the Ice in Alaska, 2019
Storied Landscapes, Deep Time in Salt Lake City Weekly, 2019
Second Identities in Alaska, 2019
Anaktuvuk Sojourn in Alaska, 2019
Vermilion Light in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2019
Hurrah for Five and Forty More! in Alaska, 2019
Toy Soldiers and Tundra Spaghetti in Alaska, 2019
The End of Nature, Part Two in Utne Reader, 2019
Katsinas and Cinder Cones in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2019
Arboreal Attachments in Alaska, 2019
A Writer’s Retreat in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2019
Alaska’s Squishy Lot in Alaska, 2019
Views from the Bottom in Utne Reader, 2019
Last Words from a Desert Scribe in High Country News, 2019
Beware the Spiny Pig in Alaska, 2019
Arctic Wayfinders in Terrain.org, 2019
The Art of Traveling Slowly in The Smart Set, 2019
In Dire Straits in Alaska, 2019
Aleutian Life Aquatic in Alaska, 2019
Custodian of the Past in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2019
Moose Buggies and Goat Sleds in Alaska, 2019
Cutting Both Ways in Alaska, 2019
The Maternity Matrix in Alaska, 2019
Seeking Solitude in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2019
Plight of the Snow Oxen in High Country News, 2019
Seattle to Siberia in Alaska, 2019
What’s in a Name? in Alaska, 2019
Moving Pictures from the Permafrost in Utne Reader, 2018
The Roundabout Way to Rainbow Bridge in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2018
Glacier Priest in Alaska, 2018
Green Gem of the North in Alaska, 2018
Marks of Belonging in Above & Beyond, 2018
Gangly Delights in Alaska, 2018
Darwin’s Polar Bear in The Public Domain Review, 2018
Fruits of Labor in Alaska, 2018
Walking with Darkness in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2018
Halls of the Mountain King in Alaska, 2018
Working the Ocean’s White Gold in Alaska, 2018
Kobuk “Turkey” in Alaska, 2018
The Little Boats That Could in Hakai Magazine, 2018
Smooth Sailing on the Ivishak in Alaska, 2018
The Con King of Skagway in Alaska, 2018
A Nose for Seals in Alaska, 2018
Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder in Edible Alaska, 2018
Steller’s Island in Alaska, 2018
A Bird the Color of Winter in Above & Beyond, 2018
Marks of the Ancestors in Alaska, 2018
A Day on the Ice in Alaska, 2017
Shaped Like Horse Tongue in The Times Literary Supplement, 2017
Taking the Waters in Alaska, 2017
Here Be White Bears in Hakai Magazine, 2017
Warrior for Wilderness in Sierra, 2017
The Bounty of the Bone Pile in Hakai Magazine, 2017
The Man Who Cut Off His Toes in Adventure Journal, 2016
Here’s to the Horses in The Smart Set, 2016
Thieves of Time in Sierra, 2016
Shadow Catcher in the Land of the Midnight Sun in Adventure Journal, 2016
Lighthenge in The Journal of Wild Culture, 2016
Seeds of Hope in Earth Island Journal, 2016
How I Defied the White Man and Out-Foxed Fox in Written River, 2016
Riding the Ephemeral in Northern Arizona’s Mountain Living Magazine, 2015
The Other Red Meat in First Alaskans, 2014
Tasting the Colorado Plateau in Sojourns, 2014
Very Frequent Flyer in The Australian Way, 2013
At Home in a Hole in the Rock in Sierra, 2012
Classroom with a View in National Parks, 2011
Jeff Rice Collects Nature’s Noises in High Country News, 2011
The Arctic Refuge Turns 50 in National Wildlife, 2010
Closed Range in Weber Studies, 2008
Seventh Natural Wonderland in Arizona Highways, 2008
Hope or Just Howling at the Moon? in San Francisco Chronicle, 2006