Surveyors

These shares involve surveyors—line work, stakes, and survey crews whose job puts them still and attentive in remote corridors.

Browse these shares for professional survey context, not only recreation.

#171 SHOOK IN THE BROOKS

Jack, who did geological surveying, shared his story that happened about a decade ago on the Brooks Range with four others.

Multiple Witnesses, Camping, Tracks, Odor, Camp Site, Screams, Pilot, Surveyors

#134 IT'S HUGE AND WAS STARING AT ME

In the mid-1970s, a geology student named Alexander and his partner Carol chartered a boat to drop them off for a week-long backcountry expedition up the Nellie Juan River drainage toward Wolverine Creek at Kings Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. On their third day, following heavy storms, they paused on a river gravel bar to construct a small spike camp behind an old tree stump to shield their campfire from the heavy valley winds. While Carol cooked a pot of beans, Alexander moved 50 yards up the slough to survey rock strata.

Vocals or Jibberish, Whistling, Screams, Equipment Attack, Damage, or Theft, Property Damage, Tracks, Stalking, Camping, Oral History, Multiple Witnesses, Dogs, Boat, Shots Fired, Camp Site, Surveyors, Odor

#60 CYCLING INCIDENT

Chad, a cyclist who'd over the years travel to Alaska for a long-distance cycling event, became a recipient of typical Alaskan Sasquatch behavior while setting up a camp to take a break during his trip a few miles north of Trapper Creek.

Mountain Biking or Cycling, Camp Site, Equipment Attack, Damage, or Theft, Tree Breaks, Screams, Multiple Witnesses, Trappers, Surveyors, Camping, Throwing Objects