Some beautiful pictures of Schaft Creek taken by Mike Fay. If this is the same Mike Fay, and I assume it is because he is known for taking arial photos of the area and he is a conservationist with a place in Alaska, he is also a contributor for many years to National Geographic. Usually he is based in the African Congo but is thinking of making the change to Alaska.

Here is a quote from a recent Outside article about him:

"The cabin is also strategically located within megatrekking range of “one of the hottest, fastest-moving giga-resource zones on the planet.” Across the Barrier Range, in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle, lay billions of dollars in gold and copper deposits—and rivers that serve as salmon spawning grounds for Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage. Farther afield, in Alberta, energy companies tapping the Athabasca oil sands—estimated to be the world’s second-largest reserve—are planning a pipeline to pump the dense tar oil 730 miles west to proposed loading docks in a B.C. fjord. A spill could be catastrophic."

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