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Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2479

Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2479

I love to photograph Margerie Glacier. Besides having a wonderful glacier face (a mile wide and 300 feet high), Margerie is back dropped by an outstanding rack of mountains including the 12,000 foot Mt. Salisbury, the13,650 foot Mt. Adams and the 15,320 foot Mt Fairweather. If you ever ...
Hoary Marmot, Mt. Roberts, Alaska – Image 2478

Hoary Marmot, Mt. Roberts, Alaska – Image 2478

Hoary marmots are related to woodchucks of the lower 48. This photo was taken up on the Mt Roberts Trail where the marmots are plentiful and friendly. This trail which is close to the Mt Roberts Tram gets plenty of human traffic. Marmots are known for their loud and high pitched whistles ...
Dog Mushing, Juneau Icefield, Alaska – Image 2477

Dog Mushing, Juneau Icefield, Alaska – Image 2477

This image shows the musher’s perspective of the trail returning to the Temsco Helicopter’s dog sled camp on the Mendenhall Glacier. Tourists going on this shore excursion actually get to drive the dog team accompanied by an experienced musher. This season I started a line of postcards with ...
Dog Camp on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska – Image 2476

Dog Camp on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska – Image 2476

One of the favorite tours by the cruise ships passengers in Juneau is the trip up to the Icefield by helicopter to go dog sledding in the middle of the summer. Three helicopter companies in Juneau offer this excursion. This shot is of the Temsco Helicopter’s dog base on the upper reaches of ...
Icy Falls, Tracy Arm, Alaska – Image 2475

Icy Falls, Tracy Arm, Alaska – Image 2475

You can’t see the full length of Icy Falls, but it comes out of Icefall Lake which is about 1400 feet above the water surface of the fjord. The vertical fjord wall continues 200 feet below the surface. Passenger boats can pull up within inches of the falls and put their bow in the falls, often ...
Swimming Alaska Style, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2473

Swimming Alaska Style, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2473

It looks like these young girls are extremely tough and are swimming in a pond created by the very cold waters from the melting Mendenhall Glacier. In fact, this pond is very shallow and is separated from the very cold Mendenhall Lake by a small strip of land. On the warm sunny days this ...

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