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It was a beautiful ride down to Five Finger Lighthouse on June 3rd of 2018. Our mission was two-fold; to drop off Paul Sharpe for a month-long stay, and to spread our dear departed, Edd’s ashes at his favorite home away from home. And though it could have been a somber occasion, we were blessed[…]

It was a busy summer at Five Finger Lighthouse. The keepers, John and Pat Gans, arrived on May 12th and stayed into September. They worked hard on the never-ending repairs and upkeep that the lighthouse demands: repairing roofs, plastering and painting, fixing leaks, trouble shooting electrical problems, etc. They brought with them their extensive knowledge[…]

I’ve always been told that the reason for the turbidity in Alaskan waters was the abundance of small organisms, including the euphausiids, such as krill, that feed upon them. However, it wasn’t until the summer of 2015 when I started putting my camera into the shallow waters around Five Finger Lighthouse that I began to[…]

“If Heaven exists, to know that there’s laughter, that would be a great thing.” -Robin Williams Do humpback whales laugh? That question had not occurred to me until a few days ago. I was sitting at my computer in the old radio room at Five Finger Lighthouse, listening to sounds of a nearby humpback whale[…]

I wake up one morning to a cacophony of agitated crows sounding through my open window. The room is so bright its hard to open my eyes. I prop up on one elbow and squint with one eye at the clock; it reads 5:30AM. I lie back for a moment waiting for the cobwebs to[…]