BACK TO ALASKA
OUR MISSION
Back To Alaska is a business my wife and I started in order to bring awareness to conservation without all the fingerpointing and blame. We are inspired by the drive of Lance Armstrong and the dedication and sacrifice of Steve Irwin. We produce the products while working at our Adventure Lodge located in the bush of Western Alaska which help support our efforts to educate the public and to improve our lodge.
We currently speak at about a dozen events a year and are always looking for new opportunities.
The money we raise helps us upgrade our lodge to a more enviornmentally-friendly abode. With the money we have raised, we have purchased composting toilets, and constructed gravity fed water lines for our plumbing. We use woodstoves to heat our shower water and a hand pump to pressurized it. Now we are trying to go solar. Life in the pristine bush, currently requires a lot of oil. We would like to take advantage of the midnight sun up here and cut that way back!
Most of the cost of our products goes directly to the production. Many of the items are produced by my wife and I, and our lodge's staff. We deal only with small businesses where we know the owners and choose to patronize them and empower them. ******************visit www.holitnariverlodge.com*****************************
BACK TO ALASKA PRODUCTS:
*ARTWORK: Local Alaskan artists, including Kristin May, paint some of the most beautiful capsules of Alaska. They put to canvas sights most artists could never see in their life. It takes a different kind of artist up here! A starving artist is an artist who is a poor fishermen! There are no Starbucks.
*MAGAZINE: The Back To Alaska magazine is produced seasonally: Spring, summer, fall, and winter, with contributions from Bob May, Kristin May, Don Steward, and others. The magazine covers the going-ons at the Holitna River Lodge and Alaska. Topics are all related to conservation and focuses on creating a culture who is aware of the importance of Sustainablility. The magazine covers current scientific studies underway at the lodge, projections and reviews of salmon runs, population of local game animals, and life at the lodge. We also inform readers of important legislation as well as other local news from some of the native villages in the area. It also covers the Holitna River Lodge Cycling Team. For the first year, the magazine is available online for free at www.holitnariverlodge.com.
*CLOTHING: Show your support by purchasing hats, t-shirts, fleeces, and Cycling Team Jerseys.
*PHOTOGRAPHS: Could you smell the difference between a Moose and a Grizzly Bear? Our photographers can! We get close shots but are careful not to spook the animals. Photos can be purchase in a number of sizes or even blown up and put onto canvas. Visit our website for more details: www.holitnariverlodge.com
*CD OF PHOTOGRAPHS: Are you a do-it-yourselfer with a good computer and printer? Get great value by purchasing a CD of photographs. Each CD has it's own theme. Ex: Wolverines, Bald Eagles, Grizzlies, Black Bears, Wolves, Moose, Beaver, River Otters, insects, flora, scenery, and Life at the Lodge.
*VIDEOGRAPHY: Purchase videos on various topics. Bob May combines his hunting and fishing expertise with Kristin May's scientific expertise to give you an close look at the understudied natural world of Interior Alaska. Filmes inlcude: Tarpon of the North: The Exotic Sheefish; The Elusive Wolverine: Friend of Foe?; Life at the Lodge: The Search for Sustainability; and Mother Moose.
*Books: Cozy up with a good book. If you live in Alaska, 24 hours of darkness should give you plenty of time to catch up on your reading. Bob May, who has written a few books of fiction, has been focusing on non-fiction, penning the following works: Life In the Bush, Recipes From the Bush, and Philosophy and Survival in the Bush: A study of native people and their beliefs.
*CALENDAR: We take the best photos and assemble them into a calendar so you will be close to Alaska all year long.