Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Visions of Robert Service





Or maybe Yukon Jack! Fossil friend, geologist, and adventurer - Greg - is just back from the far north. In his recent email, our intrepid sourdough says, "Just got out of the field in the middle of nowhere in the western arctic. a good expedition. lots of caribou meat!!" I believe he is on his way back to Africa. (As an aside, are any of you fossil mountaineers fans of Robert Service poems? Check it out, the bard of the Arctic is a lot of fun.)

Click on this text link to read a few of his most famous poems - including The Cremation of Sam Mcgee and The Shooting of Dan McGrew - from his volume of poems entitled The Spell of the Yukon.)