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Northern Seas

The northern-most coastlines of the Earth, the Northern Seas, are united by common histories, related biologies and unique hardships. Follow me as I explore the Baltic, the Bering Sea, the North Sea and the Arctic.

Part Vi: Oregon Testament | Northern Seas | August
Midnight Road to Beringia
I am moving across the tundra quickly, because about a mile out a gyrfalcon is beating its wings above a cliff, and I want to see it close up before it soars beyond the bald mountains.  With my eyes to the sky, I barely realize I’ve just breached an abandoned quarry. Things just start to happen so fast – the surprised giant wakes and stands in defiance.  His brown, shaggy coat droops to his knees, and those giant horns face me. 

Nome, Alaska

Part I: Pomeranian Feast | Northern Seas | June
Pomerania and a Pomeranian Feast

Pomerania can make people mad, it can make them shout. This place can cause quite a fuss. But all the baggage this region may carry, that's for somebody else. Please, my wife is hungry, I'm jetlagged. I need a drink. Pomerania is Poland's entire Baltic coast, and Germany's eastern Baltic shores. Pomerania - mushrooms, wild boar, a sausage with mustard. German and Polish food have these international auras as being fat, heavy, creamy. Sure, but did you ever see a Pomeranian with a waistline thicker than a Texan? Baltic cuisine may be heavy, but then, so is Pomeranian history.

Pomerania, Poland

Part II: Pomeranian Feast | Northern Seas | JuLY
Gdansk and a Pomeranian Feast
From the old palace of Macjewo, we drive a short distance to Regenwalde. On the gray walls of the old Communist buildings is a bounty of graffiti, written almost exclusively in English. In Tschew, the Graffiti says, "Mushroom Sweat!" Another, here in Regenwalde says, "Dig it Octopus."
Gdansk, Poland