Andrew Strain Photography » yukon

Love is in the air

Strain — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:41:00 +0000

One fine day this summer, after running out of gas while cutting a helipad into the swampy permafrost near the confluence of the White and Yukon Rivers, I looked skyward from the pages of Dr Zhivago and instantly lunged for my bright yellow pelican case. I’m not usually one to see shapes in the clouds, but this particular formation was too perfect to not photograph.

I wasn’t planning on posting this shot but someone saw it on my iphone the other day and insisted that I make a postcard out of it. A blog post is close enough, I guess – call me in February for Valentines Day gifts…

It’s been a summer…

Strain — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:20:00 +0000

I’ve been gone from Vancouver for 2 and a half months now, and its time to go home. I’ve had some great adventures working in the Yukon – bears, helicopters, swamps and snowstorms. But, you can only be gone for so long before home comes calling… I’ll be in Vancouver on Monday night.

More photos and words to come when I have a little more time… also looking forward to getting back to a calibrated monitor back in the city. A few other photos are on my flickr.

Places I like to see bears:

Strain — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:01:00 +0000

1) From the helicopter
2) Planet Earth / National Geographic (or some other nature documentary film/photo)
3) From the truck on the side of the highway nowhere near where I’m working
4) The zoo
5) Never

This Grizzly was having a late night snack with her cubs along the side of the Carcross Hwy near Tagish, Yukon. I stayed in the truck, don’t worry.

Hopefully that’s the only sow and cubs I’ll see this year…

A couple more photos from the Carcross area in the full post:

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The Carcross Desert, apparently the smallest in the world. Can you see my shadow?

Taken from the desert – mountain name, anyone?

Pumas and Pudús in Puerto Varas