"They live in the mud, the sand and gravel they dwell, and move only when the river moves them, downstream to the Arctic Ocean, all the while they cover ground, going underground for a time then only to resurface, and continue on, until I find them, then their journey really...begins." "Woolly Mammoth Tusk, exposed from their buried place in the ice, from the end of the Ice Age, until now"

"Admittedly, a 'Gold Nugget' of this size will be extremely rare to discover without the aid of heavy mining equipment, but I have had a friend 'Robert Oberman' of Yakatat, (Southeast Alaska) claimed he discovered a nugget the size of a baseball lying in a creek 'visible' as was wedged in a crack on the bedrock.  Exposed bedrock is probably the only way to surface discover a gold nugget as it would be visible and could not gravitate further down in sediment."

"Prior to my seasonal Arctic expeditions, I usually visit areas such as Dawson City, after Fairbanks and through Denali park making my rounds.  Many occasions I traverse the country seeking Moose or Caribou antlers for my collection, but on occasion, and rather rarely I discover something more exotic...such as this winter kill Grizzly Bear skull, discovered north of Fairbanks, Alaska.  I never know what I will discover but the idea is to always to 'cover' ground, as the more ground I explore the greater possibility of finding something.  On more than one occasion I have had friends whom have discovered gold nuggets in shallow creek beds...just lying in the bedrock exposed by the creek."

"A recent illustration (I penciled sketched) of an Inuit attacing a stone projectile onto a 'lance' shaft. Typically these fragile stone blades were carried around in a wooden 'blade' shaped containers to protect  them from damage as the hunter required them. It is not uncommon to discover 'cached blades' in an archaeological excavation.  The hunters often buried the blades to protect them from damage and relied on memory to retrieve them (actually many are within the subterranean house sites).  The goal is to discover such a cache, as I have not been able to date...I do not excavate but discover 'surface' finds."

"Ancient Inuit 'Harpoon' projectile toggle, discovered in a 'ground squirrel' den in the Kotzebue, region of Alaska during one of my many and annual expeditions to the Arctic.  Camping and exploring the beaches and river tributaries in these regions results in a myriad of animal sightings and remnants of the 'Ice Age.'  (note: 'The insert on the tip of the harpoon is friction fit slate blade that a groove in the harpoon is suitably made."

"Reindeer and Caribou are often intermingled and difficult to tell the difference, they are owned by herders and are rounded up for the season's antler culling as a profitable venture to sell to Korea. I can approach them if in stealth mode otherwise they are skittish and will show you their rear for the best possible photo shot!"

"Sod house, mostly built from driftwood, whale bone, mammoth tusks and roofed with sod.  This had been a typical house along the Chukchi Sea beach regions.  Boats were pulled up the shore on rollers by villagers or carried to sheltered racks if they were kayaks.  Hunters along these sea beaches were constantly looking out to sea, with one 'eye' on shore for bears and caribou.  Raids were the occasion from the inland rivers by the Indian folk that had issues with the coastal Inuit and sometimes arrowheads were used for a different purpose."