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Sourdough in Skagway, Alaska – Image 2519

This image comes from an assigned shoot for a magazine whose editors thought Skagway was the match for the mythical Alaska town portrayed in the TV series, Northern Exposure. I had the assignment to shoot the characters of Skagway with Buckwheat Donahoe definitely being one of the ...

Steller Seal Lions, Cross Sound, Alaska – Image 2518

A big male sea lion bull noses with a small female. An average sea lion bull weighs in around 1,200 pounds and grows over 10 feet while females average 550 pounds and 8.5 feet in length. This image illustrates page 92 in my new book on Alaska called Alaska: A Photographic Excursion. Camera: ...

Black-legged Kittiwakes, Nest Colony, Alaska – Image 2517

Black-legged kittiwakes nest in Glacier Bay near the faces of glaciers. The birds feed at the glacier face. Glacier calving causes nutrient rich upwelling at the glacier front providing meals for thousands of birds. This image illustrates page 93 in my new book on Alaska called Alaska: A ...

Mountain Goats, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2516

My favorite spot to photograph mountain goats in the spring is Gloomy Knob in Glacier Bay National Park. The goats hang out here with their young while waiting for the deep snows at elevation to melt away. I have always seen goats on Gloomy Knob in May. This image illustrates page 93 in my ...

Black Bear, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2515

I love photographing bears in the spring. I wait for an evening high tide and go to one of my favorite bear spots. I ride the tide into the sedges and can get fairly close to the bears. The bears do not get too upset when approached quietly in a small skiff. So consequently most of my bear ...

Humpback Whale Tail, Alaska – Image 2514

In Alaska, after being underwater for awhile a humpback returns to thesurface to breath. When the whale decides to dive deep (what whaleresearchers call a terminal dive), it usually flicks its tail into the airand heads down. An average stay underwater before surfacing in Alaska isfive to ...

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