A yacht from its harbor ropes pulled free,
And leaped like a steed o'er the race track blue,
Then up behind her, the dust of the sea,
A gray fog, drifted, and hid her from view.
"A Marine Etching" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
All of the field camps operating within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge check in daily either via radio, phone, text, or email to the point of contact on Adak, to share stories from the day's work and confirm all is well. Here is excerpt from yesterday's entry that provides context for the photo above.
"Through a menacing morning fog, guided by our combined seamanship (compass and GPS), we navigated upon a greasy sea the 8 mile gap between St. Paul and Otter Island, and conducted both a cormorant and kittiwake nest/chick count and census. Our final visit to Otter for the 2015 season..."
Canon EOS 60D, Bower 8mm Fishe Eye CS, ISO-320 f/16 @ 1/640 sec.
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