Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Tundra Rovers, Guides, & Lodge
A few pictures of the amazing tundra rovers and their equally amazing drivers.
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| The rovers are about 10 ft wide and 55 ft long. They have 6-wheel drive, and each tire is 5 feet tall and 3 ft wide. There is a back platform for better viewing. The school-bus-type windows drop down for unobstructed photography. (Unlike most school buses, the windows are double-pane.) Even though the rovers can hold about 30 passengers, Natural Habitat only fills the rovers half-full so that everyone has a window. |
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| The tundra lakes look formidable, but they are mostly only a foot or two deep. That's not a challenge for the rovers. Although the rovers could travel anywhere on the tundra, they follow old military roads, so they are not adding new disturbances to the tundra. |
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| Left: Val, our rover driver. Right: Kurt, our Nat Hab guide. |
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| The Tundra Lodge as seen from the east. |
Wildlife & Landscapes
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| The morning was foggy and frosty. |
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| Morning light. |
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| Frosty tundra and spruce. |
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| This polar bear seems perplexed by the ravens that were invading his space. |
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| Eventually the ravens flew away, and the bear decided to take a snooze. |
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| This bird was a long way away, but just close enough to be unmistakably a bald eagle. During the summer, the tundra is filled with birds. Today we saw only a few: ravens, ptarmigans, a few wading birds, and the eagle. |
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| Another lovely sunset. |
The aurora was active again overnight, but since it was foggy, it was just a general glow in the sky.
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