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Coastal Brown Bears/ Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2712

This is one of my favorite brown bear images. These bears were hunting goats on Gloomy Knob. The sow had three cubs, but only two are shown in this photo. What I like about the photo is the monochromatic background of the grey rocks with the reddish brown bears standing in stark contrast. This is an environment I don't expect to see bears. The cliffs are steep. There were plenty of goats in the area but seemed to have little to fear. A mother brown bear with three cubs does not make ...

Black Bear (Glacier Bear), Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2711

Alaska is famous for healthy bear populations and Glacier Bay National Park is no exception. The park features strong populations of both black and coast brown bears. One of the most unusual bears found only in Northern Southeast Alaska is what the locals call the "blue bear" or "glacier bear". I have seen a couple of these bears in Juneau over the years, but have only been able to photograph them in Glacier Bay National Park. The "blue bear" or "glacier bear" is a rare color phase of a ...

Humpback Whale Tail or Flukes, Icy Strait, Alaska – Image 2710

One of the best places for photographing humpback whales in the entire State of Alaska is Icy Strait which is the body of water at the entrance to Glacier Bay National Park. The park is famous for humpback whales, but Icy Strait just outside the park's boundary is even better. On the trip, I am leading to Glacier Bay this summer, we will spend plenty of time with the whales in Icy Strait as well as in the park. A humpback whale tail is referred to as flukes. Each side or lobe is a fluke ...

Harbor Seals, Dundas Bay, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2709

Glacier Bay National Park is a water orientated park that features a number of species of marine mammals including: humpback whales, sea otters, killer whales, dall porpoises, sea lions, and harbor seals. John Hopkins inlet is one of Southeast Alaska's largest harbor seal birthing areas and is closed to boat traffic until the first of July. The seal's main predators are killer whales, and the seals move to the ice choked inlets to have their pups on the icebergs. The thick ice affords ...

Scidmore Bay, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2708

I was on a kayak trip up the West Arm in late May when I took this photo. Late May is an iffy time to be kayaking in the park. We were lucky this May to have clear blue skies for a week and the trees just beginning to leaf out. The shore line was bathed in the color of the early spring green. On the other hand, I was in the park at the same beach the next year in late May and there was three feet of snow on the beach--winter was still clutching the bay. I shot this photo at 6am in the ...

Glacier Bay Beach, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2707

Most people (almost 99%) visit Glacier Bay National Park by boat. It is a water park and leaves just a few options for backpacking. But, while doing the book on the park I had an opportunity to backpack its beaches for about a week. I love this image. Matter of fact, it is one of my favorite images of all time, but I have had no commercial success with it. I am not sure why I like it so much and have been trying to figure why it does not sell. Usually if I really like a photo it ...

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“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark...