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Fishing Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska  – Image 2631

Fishing Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2631

My favorite time of the year for bear viewing is the month of August in Juneau at the Mendenhall Glacier. The salmon have arrived in Steep Creek and historically up to a dozen or so black bears are there to welcome the returning salmon. Black bears live all over the world, but the only place I ...
Dog mushing, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska  – Image 2630

Dog mushing, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2630

The most expensive and outrageous shore excursion available off the cruiseships visiting Juneau is the helicopter flight up to the Juneau Icefield to go dog mushing. Most people have never flown in a helicopter, never seen a glacier, never walked on a glacier and never driven a dog sled. Well ...
Sitka,  Alaska  – Image 2629

Sitka, Alaska – Image 2629

Sitka, Alaska sits on the outside coast of Southeast Alaska facing the Pacific Ocean. Often the Pacific Ocean sea fog from the Gulf of Alaska blankets the town. The airport was closed, my flight canceled, and I was looking for a location to shoot. Sitka is blessed with a road to the top of a ...
Humpback Whale, Juneau, Alaska  – Image 2628

Humpback Whale, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2628

I love to watch whales. The sea around Juneau is stuffed with these 50-foot, 40-ton mammals. Humpback whales are famous for showing off. Some of their showy behaviors include spy-hopping, bubble-net feeding, breaching, pectoral fin slapping, and fluke slapping. I love photographing the X-Games ...
Bald Eagle, Auke Bay Harbor, Juneau, Alaska  – Image 2627

Bald Eagle, Auke Bay Harbor, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2627

Southeast Alaska is inundated with water. For me to properly photograph the area I need a menagerie of boats ... everything from my five kayaks to a 16-foot Lund to the "big boat", my 32-foot old Bayliner. I keep the Bayliner in Auke Bay about 10 miles from home. The Auke Bay harbor is full of ...
Fireweed, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska  – Image 2626

Fireweed, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2626

It is the height of the fireweed season in Juneau. It has been incredible summer filled with more sunshine than rain and record setting temperatures. So far every day in the the month of July has been sunny (as of 7-14). This fireweed was shot along the airport dike trail several years ago. ...

“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…