Rockwell Kent "Wilderness" Centennial Journal

ABOVE --About an hour before the sun rises above the mountains along Resurrection Bay at 9:27 a.m. on January 27, 2018. Notice the fog pouring out of Humpy Cove just right of center. At lower left a sea otter rests on its back. The otters Kent writes of in Wilderness are river otters, not sea otters. River otters have rear paws allowing them to easily maneuver on land. Sea otters have flippers as rear feet. Capra photo NOTE– This article is Part 4 of 5 of an expanded version of the lecture I delivered at the Anchorage (Alaska) Museum of History and Art on Nov. 9, 2018 as part of a one-day Rockwell Kent Symposium. If you’ve reading this website you realize there is much more the story that’s contained on this website. I’ve tried to incorporate some of that information in this draft, but I advise those interested to check out this entire website for fuller context. The article focuses on the emotional baggage Rockwell brought to Alaska using various sources, especial...

ABOVE - The sun over Resurrection Bay at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2018. This is the kind of weather Rockwell Kent begins to occasionally see by mid-January and into February. As we gain over four minutes of light each day, we begin to literally see the light at the end of the tunnel. The extra light gain is quite noticeable for us, so must it be for Kent. By February he knows he must leave soon but is hoping to get to Bear Glacier and further south out to Aialik Bay and Northwestern Fiord sometime in April and May. That doesn’t work out and he leaves Alaska by the end of March 1919 – anxious to get back to Kathleen and the children but frustrated that he didn’t accomplish all he had wanted. Capra photo. NOTE– As I’m expanding this lecture, it’s getting longer. There will be one more part after this one. This article is Part 3 of 4 of an expanded version of the lecture I delivered at the Anchorage (Alaska) Museum of History and Art on Nov. 9, 2018 as part ...