New Path

Well this is week one of my new life. I moved to the Yukon in 1997 after spending a number of field seasons up here. I was attracted by the life style, the people, the vast wilderness and the incredible Quaternary geology (that is the last 2.6 million years of earth’s history). My career with the Yukon Geological Survey started the spring of 1997, when I was fresh out of grad school, and enabled me to embrace all of these attractions. My wanderings through Yukon every summer took me to spectacular places and introduced me to genuine people. I really can’t thank my employer enough for this dream job. On September 8, 2023 my job with the YGS came to a close. It was time to move on, and really, it ended on a high note. For the past 15 months I have had the incredible opportunity to play a role in Nun cho ga’s rebirth. A baby woolly mammoth found frozen in the permafrost, and buried some 36,000 years ago. Little did I know, that day I went to recover her, that I would be forever changed. I feel blessed to be a part of her story and I hope to continue assisting in her journey. She has so much to teach us. More on that in future blog posts!

Looking ahead I am excited by my new path. A path that is clear and open to discovery. Yukon will remain my home, at least for now. My wife and I are recent empty nesters, so there is some new found freedom on the family front. Through this blog I hope to provide a voice for earth’s history, and the way I understand it. I want to communicate her stories. Stories that I have learned over the past 30 years working up here, and new stories that come with continued exploration. I look forward to digging in with you.