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Join personable naturalists and explore the remote wilderness of Alaska’s Arctic or Prince William Sound. Paddle pristine mountain rivers, hike over solitary alpine passes or kayak by calving tidewater glaciers. Unforgettable adventure under the energizing light of the midnight sun!

Since 1972, M08143 has safely conducted quality exploration and educational trips across the width and breadth of Alaska's Brooks Range. Our nation's largest wilderness mountain range is located above the Arctic Circle and covers more than 75,000 square miles of northern Alaska. This magnificent and rarely visited region embraces unique wildlife communities,uninterrupted vistas and nameless expanses. But even more importantly, these inviting mountains and valleys offer a freedom and a sense of wonder and fulfillment to those willing to take the country on its own terms - to those who will wade an icy stream and huff their way to the high alpine splendor of the Arctic.

M08143 has the experience, safety record, personal service and attention to individual goals to make your trip the special adventure you want it to be. We specialize in small personalized trips to rarely visited regions. We are offering a full variety of original outings into the timeless splendor of America's last wilderness mountain range. We continue to expand our offerings of increasingly popular sea kayaking trips in Prince William Sound to complement one's Arctic experience or as an alternative.

Along with the adventure and sheer euphoria of just being there, each of our trips tries to focus on an individual species, a particular phase of their life history or general natural history and examine it from the unique arctic perspective. Along the way of our casual examination into these lives you will see an intricate web of life woven here and though we may be looking at caribou, we may become equally familiar with grizzlies, golden plovers and woolly louseworts. We hope afterwards our adventure will have animated the delicate mysteries that unfold in the high arctic. With scenery and wildlife at their apogee, the experience of a lifetime awaits.

Principle guide and current owner, Macgill Adams has been with the company guiding since 1978. M08143 was founded by Bob Waldrop and Deb Vogt in 1972. Back then the Brooks Range was a huge blank spot on the map and their original outings felt a lot like a Lewis and Clark experience as much as a modern retreat. I was original introduced to M08143 in 1978, when I went to work for Bob and Deb. Returning to the University of Colorado to pursue a natural science degree during the winter and continuing to guide trips in the summer, the relationship continued until I replaced Deb as a partner in 1982. In those years I also worked with the National Audubon Society and the Point Reyes Bird Observatory. In 1986, Bob bowed out leaving me the M08143 tiller. Bob was a remarkable explorer and made a profound impression upon me. His confidence never wavered and his quest for new country was rarely daunted by untrodden trails or unknown passes. Even after a long day of hauling a huge backpack, he would still call up enough energy to summit a nearby hill or scout a future trail dragging along someone to share treasures he would find.

I have devoted every summer since as the principal guide continuing to unfurl this magical arctic curtain in the same way as my mentor Bob. My goal is to share the insights I have acquired from many years of experience, develop your wilderness skills and confidence as a traveler and to provide the same intoxicating experience that captivated me my first summer. All of the guides we select to help us are local Alaskans with years of safe sensible travel in the backcountry and a lust for the unspoiled country. In 1991, I had the tremendous good fortune of having DD Van Vliet join me and assume a number of tasks that often got overlooked during a busy field season, as an advisor and an assistant on a few trips each year. DD also devotes a great deal of energy looking for new and delicious culinary ideas raising our standard well above the notion that food is just fuel. I can confidently say that you will be pleasantly surprised by the menu on any of our trips. While on trips she has the tremendous ability of seeing everything with the same enthusiasm as it were the first time.

We have helped people enjoy the Brooks Range longer than any other guiding operation without mishap or compromise of adventure. We will gladly supply references. Whether you select a kayaking trip in Prince William Sound or a more remote outing in the Arctic, we feel confident that your experience will be wholly satisfying and may open a door that has you returning to learn and experience more wonders of Alaska's last frontier. The warmth of the midnight sun awaits! We look forward to you joining us!

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Name	Product Type	Highlight	Activity	Price	Destination

Harriman Fiord Seakayaking - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This is a classic view of Alaska'a Prince William Sound and its spectacular tidewater glaciers!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 1445 Per person and above	Alaska

Ice to Islands - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This trip exposes the many different sides of the Sound, from glacial ice to pelagically active islands. You will also enjoy amazing paddling in Alaska!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 1545 Per person and above	Alaska

Unakwik Inlet - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Join us and you will be rewarded by a largely unvisited Inlet with abundant wildlife. On this nature trip in Alaska you can experience an amazing paddling to Jonah Bay!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 1645 Per person and above	Alaska

Derickson Bay Basecamp - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This tour offers great opportunities for hiking and paddling to many bays and beaches, with great views of open ocean, numerous waterfalls and tidewater glaciers!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 1295 Per person and above	Alaska

College Fiord - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Great paddling, excellent hiking opportunities and interesting historical evidence of earlier gold rush days!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 1545 Per person and above	Alaska

Blackstone Bay - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	A great way to have a quick glacier experience to fit into a larger Alaskan itinerary!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 1025 Per person and above	Alaska

Knight Island Passage - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This tour is for experienced paddlers that want to see a lot of remote country and marine mammals, with unique hiking opportunities and the bay studded western side offers endless days of exploring!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 1645 Per person and above	Alaska

Southern Sound Whale Watch - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	A remarkable opportunity for those with experience in paddling, with lots of wildlife viewing in Alaska that will fit all your requirements and wishes!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 1550 Per person and above	Alaska

Icy Bay - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Join us in this paddling/basecamping expedition with pelagic sceneries where you can practice wonderful whale watching and sea-kayaking!	Glacier Tours	USD 1725 Per person and above	Alaska

Caribou Migration Base Camp - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Discover flowers blooming throughout a rich green field of tundra, birds singing continually throughout 24 hours of brilliant sunlight and with luck thousands of caribou slowly parading by!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 2745 Per person and above	Alaska

Arctic Autumn Basecamp - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This is an excellent opportunity to experience all the autumn glory as well as a chance to catch up with a migrating caribou herd!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 2200 Per person and above	Alaska

Kongakut River Trip - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This is a hiker’s day dream with wonderful ridge walks that call out the entire length from the upper headwaters near the continental divide down to the pick-up at Caribou Pass!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 3995 Per person and above	Alaska

Wind River Float - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Explore the Alaskan wilderness in this amazing adventure where you will paddle on the Wind River, enjoy nature trips and wildlife viewing!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 3795 Per person and above	Alaska

Canning River - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	There is no finer way to sample the entire network of habitats on the North Slope of the Brooks Range than this peaceful run down the Canning!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 3995 Per person and above	Alaska

Marsh Fork, Canning River - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Explore the beauty of the heart of the Philip Smith Mountains with this unforgettable 9-day tour in Alaska, with excellent possibility to practice river rafting, hiking and wildlife viewing!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 4075 Per person and above	Alaska

Upper Alatna River - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	On this great nature trip you will paddle down the upper reaches from alpine tundra into majestic boreal forests along a lively creek and observe migrating caribous!	Ecotourism	USD 3475 Per person and above	Alaska

Portage Pass - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	You will discover the spectacular sceneries from the central Brooks Range on this nature trip in Alaska!	Hiking & Trekking	USD 2775 Per person and above	Alaska

Arrigetch Peaks, Combination Trip - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Join the best fall trip we can think of! Here you will enjoy the spectacular Alaskan landscapes while hiking, camping and paddling.	Hiking & Trekking	USD 3175 Per person and above	Alaska

Spring Caribou Corridor Hike - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Each year this first hiking tour of the season finds the most varied wildlife and all this before the mosquitoes hatch. That's why it is the favorite trip of many travelers!	Hiking & Trekking	USD 2950 Per person and above	Alaska

Sadlerochit Traverse - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	We offer 10 days of exploring the Alaskan miracles while backpacking, hiking and wildlife viewing which you can experience in this great nature trip!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 2950 Per person and above	Alaska

Philip Smith Mountains Traverse - Combination - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Visit and explore the Alaskan wilderness in this 14-days adventure which includes backpacking, hiking and nature trips through the spectacular sceneries of these region.	Hiking & Trekking	USD 3995 Per person and above	Alaska

Coastal Plain Traverse - East - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	This is a very accessible trip for those short on time, but eager to encounter a diverse array of habitats and possibly a significant interception with the Porcupine Caribou herd!	Wildlife Viewing	USD 2650 Per person and above	Alaska

Noatak River Float - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	Join us in this unforgettable nature trip where you can experience wildlife viewing, hiking and paddling in Alaska!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 3675 Per person and above	Alaska

Aichilik River Float - View Details - Contact Supplier	Tour Package	You will be amazed by this river trip in Alaska which has wonderful side hikes and a solid and varied resident wildlife population!	Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting	USD 4065 Per person and above	Alaska

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