Sometime ago I signed up for Truphone. It’s a service that works with specific cellular telephones that have wifi capability. What Truphone does is link your cellular telephone to the Internet and then allows you to make telephone calls for free, or for substantially less than you would pay your cellular service. In other words, VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol).

In 2006, I traveled to Alaska seeking the opportunity to photograph Bald Eagles. During that trip I had the opportunity to photograph Brown Bears at Hallo Bay. The experiences of 2006 were heavy on my mind in planning my most recent trip to Alaska, this time I wanted to have a longer opportunity to photograph Brown Bears and to explore more areas of the Kenai Peninsula in search of Bald Eagles. The two goals came together in my planning.