Alaska’s wilderness has always mesmerized Roy Corral since the time he first came to Fairbanks with his parents 50 years ago. Not long after high school, his love of wild places eventually took him deep into the Brooks Range, where he homesteaded 40 acres of federal land in 1970. He built his log home from surrounding spruce trees, ran a team of 13 dogs, and finally “proved up” on the land 13 years later to receive a patent to the property. Roy’s work as a photojournalist has been published in newspapers and magazines across the nation, and in books through Graphic Arts Publishing of Portland, Oregon. When- ever time allows, Roy continues to pursue his other interests in cross-country skiing, birding, ocean kayaking, and picking banjo for the Irish band, Whiskeyjacks.