To some people St. Paul Island is home, they live out here full time. It's a proper town, with a town hall, a church, a police station, a grocery store, a museum, a post office, a marina, a bar, a cemetery, and of course a smattering of houses and government facilities. Most of this infrastructure is centered on a small peninsula on the extreme southern end of the island. The remaining 43 square miles of St. Paul, with the exception of the airport, a few small structures and ponds, are mostly open tundra. Well groomed roads lead about 6 miles out of town in three different directions: west, north, and northeast. From there, a series of ATV trails connect the circumference of the island. Most of the sites where we monitor seabirds are located off the well groomed road leading west, but a few can only be accessed via the northwest ATV trail. It's a jarring bumpy ride that takes a little over an hour to complete. This photo was taken from the northwest side of the island, looking east to North Hill (left) and Low Hill (right).
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, ISO-200 f/16 @ 1/320 sec.
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