Site Credits

The Great River Journey extends its sincere appreciation to a number of individuals and businesses that have provided valuable contributions to this web site.

Richard Hartmier
Principal Photographer

With more than 25 years in the Yukon, Richard is an acknowledged expert on the area. He specializes in panoramic, natural history and travel photography. His work has appeared in magazines such as Canadian Geographic, Equinox, Macleans, Canadian Living, Azure, Natural History, Explore, Outside, Far North Oil & Gas Review, Mountain Heritage, Beautiful British Columbia, Modern Maturity, Adventure West, Westworld, Photo Life, Canadian Gardening, and UpHere. He’s been profiled in Air Canada Contact, their in-flight promotional video series. He has done extensive work for Yukon, Northwest Territories and Canadian government tourism and promotional publications. Richard has two best-selling books to his credit, and is working on two more. His photography appears in many other books. He is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers and is represented by First Light Associated Photographers, a leading Canadian photo stock house.

Jerry Alfred is, in the tradition of the Northern Tutchone aboriginal tribe in the Yukon, the keeper of songs, as was his father before him. Raised for the first years of his life in the traditional way, only speaking his native language, he took to music early in life. He went on to write and record songs of the legends of his people, in his native language, winning a Juno award, and performing at festivals and events in North America and Europe. After a few years of touring Jerry has kept busy mostly in the Yukon and continues writing new songs and performing at special events, festivals and at First Nation gatherings.

PR Services Ltd. of Whitehorse has been in publishing and distribution business since 1983, and on the web since 1997. Pat Reece and his team have played an integral role in developing, programming and hosting the Great River Journey web site. PR Services has also provided a wide range of other design and marketing support services to the project since its inception.

Catalyst Communications of Whitehorse provided the overall design concept for the Great River Journey web site. Mike Rice of Catalyst has been in graphic design and advertising in the Yukon for over 20 years. Mike and his team have provided a range of creative and design and services to the project since its inception.