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Sitka, Alaska – Image 2457

Sitka, Alaska – Image 2457

Sitka is Alaska’s fourth largest city with a population of over 8,500 and was once the capital of Russian America. It is now famous for its lovely setting and rich history. On October 18, 1867, now celebrated as Alaska Day, Sitka was the site of the formal transfer of Alaska to the United ...
Taku Glacier Lodge, Taku River, Alaska – Image 2456

Taku Glacier Lodge, Taku River, Alaska – Image 2456

Visitors to the Taku Glacier Lodge, south of Juneau, usually arrive by float plane. Built in 1923 on the Taku River as a hunting/fishing lodge, today the lodge is a popular flight-seeing and salmon bake destination for the cruise ship passengers touring the Alaska’s Inside Passage. This ...
Saxman Totem Park – Ketchikan, Alaska – Image 2455

Saxman Totem Park – Ketchikan, Alaska – Image 2455

A small bush sprouts from the head of a totemic raven in the Saxman Totem Park about three miles south of Ketchikan. The collection of 24 totem poles at the park ranks as the world’s largest collection. This photo illustrates a card in my collection of blank 5x7 inch photo note cards called ...
Alaska State Marine Highway ferry, Southeast Alaska – Image 2454

Alaska State Marine Highway ferry, Southeast Alaska – Image 2454

The ferry, Malaspina, cruises the waters of Southeast Alaska between Haines and Skagway. Built in 1963 for a cost of $5 million, the Malaspina is 408 feet in length and carries over 750 passengers and about 120 vehicles. I shot this photo from a helicopter right at sunset and was the cover a ...
Pink Salmon, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2453

Pink Salmon, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2453

Pink salmon return to Gastineau Salmon Hatchery at Salmon Creek. Pink salmon eggs are taken in the summer, raised at the hatchery and then released. The salmon are harvested when they return in two years. I took the photo through the glass viewing window in the fish ladder leading up to the ...
Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2452

Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2452

Glacier blue ice provides one of nature’s most vivid color displays. Snowflakes or snow crystals become glacier ice when compressed under the weight of continuous snowfalls over hundreds of years. The massive weight of the ice pushes out any tiny air pockets between the crystals, producing ...
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