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Deep North, The Stikine River
Deep North, The Stikine River-Hyland Horses-Pack horses stand in a smoke smudge to avoid mosquitos at Hyland Post on the Spatsizi River, a tributary of the Stikine River. Once an historic way station for travelers and settlers in the Stikine River…
Deep North, The Stikine River
Oscar Dennis, a Tahltan Indian, cradles his grandfather's rifle on a lake in the Stikine River basin. The Tahltans have fished and hunted along the Stikine for centuries trading with the southern Tlingits where the Stikine flows into Alaska.
Deep North, The Stikine River
Deep North, The Stikine River. The Stikine River basin is a pristine watershed the size of Switzerland in northen British Columbia. With only one road bisecting its 400 mile course, it traverse a landscape of solitary beauty. It is the home of the…
Guinea Worm Threat,
Health workers unsaddle their camels after a sandstorm interrupts their journey.
Guinea Worm Threat
Most nomadic populations live in such remote areas that health workers like this one must travel on camels and brave sandstorms.
Guinea Worm Threat
A Mali nomad infant rests in a sling while his mother speaks with health workers.
Guinea Worm Threat
Health volunteer begins the painful extraction of a Guinea Worm from the leg of a boy.
Guinea Worm Threat
Nomadic Mali woman gets her day's water supply from a shrinking lake--also shared with livestock.
