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Bear Belly, Black Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2575

Bear Belly, Black Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2575

Last week’s image featured this bear catching a red sockeye salmon. In this image this very large bear reclines on some willow bushes after finishing a sockeye salmon supper. While scratching her chest with one paw, she licks clean the other paw. Bears usually never display their bellies. It ...
Black Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2574

Black Bear, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska – Image 2574

A very large black bear snatches a sockeye salmon out of Steep Creek at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Just 13 miles from downtown Juneau, Steep Creek offers one of the best wildlife viewing opportunities in Alaska. Over 10 bears eat and live along the banks of this small creek when ...
Black Bears of Mendenhall Glacier – Image 2573

Black Bears of Mendenhall Glacier – Image 2573

OUT OF PRINT - Mark's book featuring the eleven or so black bears that roam around Steep Creek at the Mendenhall Glacier. Once the salmon start running sometime in mid-July, thousands upon thousands of visiting tourists and locals alike will be face to face with these bears as they feed in the ...
White Pass Railroad, Skagway, Alaska – Image 2572

White Pass Railroad, Skagway, Alaska – Image 2572

I try to put a photo of the White Pass Railroad in each of my Southeast Alaska calendars. It is kind of a challenge to me. There have been 15 Southeast Alaska Calendars and there have been 15 different images of the train. I shot this photo from a helicopter as the train crossed the border ...
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2571

Black-legged Kittiwakes, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2571

Black-legged kittiwakes by the thousands nest on the steep cliffs next to glaciers throughout the park. I shot this photo from my kayak. I find it very difficult to shoot from a kayak while paddling by myself. When I am paddling, I usually need to shoot and visa-versa when I am shooting I ...
Sea Lions, North Pass, Alaska – Image 2570

Sea Lions, North Pass, Alaska – Image 2570

A big bull sea lion rubs noses with a small female in his harem on the rock in North Pass. I shot this photo from a small boat with my 500mm. It is tricky using a really long lens on a small rocking boat. The only option was to shoot at high speeds and brace the lens on lots of coats and ...

“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…