A riverboat running a still Koyukuk slough under blue sky

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Life Below Zero

2022

Huslia, Alaska · 65.70° N, 156.39° W

Cinematographer on Life Below Zero, in Huslia, Alaska.

Moose antlers in the autumn tundra grass, interior Alaska
A red fox walking through snow dusted spruce forest
Low autumn sun over a quiet river bend near Huslia
A film crew at work in fresh snow among spruce trees

In 2022 I was a cinematographer on Life Below Zero in Huslia, Alaska, for the BBC and National Geographic.

Someone else's show, and my camera inside it.

A skiff speeding along the Koyukuk River past the boreal forest
A small crew crossing snowy tundra under a wide Alaskan sky
A skiff moored on the river at dusk below the spruce line
A sled dog yard on the edge of a village in interior Alaska

Life in Huslia, as it is lived.

A bush plane on a gravel strip with gear unloaded beside it

National Geographic again, five years after SeaLegacy.

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