Michael Engelhard

Michael Engelhard is the author of Arctic Traverse: A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range, which won the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award; Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an American Icon; and the essay collection American Wild: Explorations from the Grand Cayon to the Arctic Ocean. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, and works as a wilderness guide in the Arctic.

Sea Butterfly

Spread your wings and swim

By Michael Engelhard July 25, 2014

In this story: animals

Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park

By Michael Engelhard November 1, 2013

In this story: travel

George Wolfe: Founder of L.A. River Expeditions

Less than a mile from one of the busiest freeway intersections in the world, you're paddling amid sycamores, willows, grapevines, and egrets

By Michael Engelhard May 4, 2013

In this story: adventure

George Wolfe: Founder of L.A. River Expeditions

At Home in a Hole in the Rock

A visitor finds refuge—and tales of deprivation—in the Grand Canyon's hidden alcoves

By Michael Engelhard July 30, 2012

In this story: hiking, adventure, travel

Everyday implements found in Grand Canyon alcoves speak of cowboy life on the range.

Explore Cataract Canyon, Canyonlands National Park

Known for its dozens of rapids—including a few big drops that are western classics—Cataract Canyon also offers plenty of calm water and sublime scenery

By Michael Engelhard May 1, 2012

In this story: adventure

Known for its dozens of rapids—including a few big drops that are western classics—Cataract Canyon also offers plenty of calm water and sublime scenery.

Bering Sea Science Camp

Aleut students from Kodiak and Old Harbor go to 'science boot camp'

Interview by Michael Engelhard November 1, 2011

In this story: education, oceans

Michelle Ridgway, Auke Bay, Alaska; founder, Alaska Deep Ocean Science Institute

Paria Canyon

Exploring one of the longest and deepest slot canyons in the world

By Michael Engelhard May 1, 2011