2018 Season Begins June 18, 2018 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized It was a beautiful ride down to Five Finger Lighthouse on June 3rd of 2018. Our mission was two-fold; to[…] Read more
2017 Summer Season November 3, 2017 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized It was a busy summer at Five Finger Lighthouse. The keepers, John and Pat Gans, arrived on May 12th and[…] Read more
Plankton at Five Finger Islands January 15, 2016 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized I’ve always been told that the reason for the turbidity in Alaskan waters was the abundance of small organisms, including[…] Read more
Do Humpbacks Laugh? July 28, 2015 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized “If Heaven exists, to know that there’s laughter, that would be a great thing.” -Robin Williams Do humpback whales laugh?[…] Read more
Crow and Eagle July 3, 2015 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized I wake up one morning to a cacophony of agitated crows sounding through my open window. The room is so[…] Read more
Setting up the Hydrophone June 27, 2015 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized The day after Fred and I arrive at Five Finger Light, Dawn Barlow comes in by boat from Petersburg. A[…] Read more
First Look at the Lighthouse for 2015 June 26, 2015 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized After jumping off the Connie K into shallow waters on the west side of the island, Fred and I climb[…] Read more
To Five Finger via Baranof June 24, 2015 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized We leave Juneau early morning on May 26. Instead of heading straight south down Stephens Passage to Five Finger Lighthouse,[…] Read more
New Life for an Old Friend June 21, 2015 FiveFingerKeeper Uncategorized Built in a time when large sailing ships and big steamers still plied the waters between Seattle and Juneau, Five[…] Read more