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Denali (Mt. McKinley), Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska – Image 2637

When I decided to do my book on Alaska, I knew I wanted Denali on the cover because it is the iconic image of the state. I set out to get this image, and I booked a cabin at Camp Denali that has a 24-7 view of the mountain for the last week in August. The first four days that I was in camp, it ...

Klondike Highway, Skagway, Alaska – Image 2636

This is another image I waited for years to get. The Klondike Highway reputation for stunning fall colors is epic. The road is hard to access from Juneau. To get to the road , I need to take a ferry ride from Juneau to Skagway. Trying to predict the good weather and peak fall colors from ...

Iceberg Fall, Mendenhall Lake, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2635

I have been waiting 30 years to nail this photo. I previsualized a wonderful shot of an iceberg in great light surrounded by a blast of autumn foliage. It took me a long time to realized I needed to do the shoot from a kayak and not from the shore using telephoto lenses. I waited for years ...

Geese, Auke Lake, Alaska – Image 2634

September marks the start of autumn and the fall bird migration in the Juneau area. Probably one of my most photographed areas in Juneau is Auke Lake just nine miles from my downtown home. A new image of the lake appears in almost every year of my Juneau Calendar for the past 21 years. The ...

Humpback tails or flukes, North Pass, Alaska – Image 2633

Over the water, it is hard to tell just how big adult humpback whales are. An adult female (larger than the males) will measure up to 50 feet long and weigh in around 40 tons...about the size of a city bus. A good size whale tail or fluke will be 15 long. Basically a Volkswagen Bug could ...

Bear Belly, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2632

The bear viewing along the 100 or so yards of raised boardwalks at the Mendehall Glacier boggles the mind and the view finder. I shot a book on the black bears at the Mendenhall Glacier in a months time essentially never leaving the boardwalks. I shot this photo with well over 100 other ...

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