I will be lazy today and just reference you here:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/a-warm-feeling-for-the-arctic
There are a few little mistakes - I was born in Utah but raised in Oregon, Montana and California, and I would like my late father to receive the credit for being the one who first recited Robert Service to me and so created a vivid image of Alaska and the far north in my head.
Not mentioned was the fact that my recent work on the Arctic Slope and in behalf of the North Slope Borough has been motivated, inspired and pushed by the grass roots Iñupiat-driven Healthy Communities Movement to counter the effects of alcohol and drug abuse and a few of the pictures do come from that coverage and were done in that context.
That noted, Lens is one of the best things out there in online photojournalism and photography and I feel greatly honored and thankful to be featured within.