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Icebergs, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness  – Image 2417

Icebergs, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2417

I shot this photo while on assignment for West Tours. The company's small cruise ship put us out in inflatables, and we drove around the icebergs in front of the South Sawyer Glacier. Tracy Arm has some of the bluest icebergs I have ever seen. This photo shows the variety and the intensity ...
Owl, Sitka Raptor Center  – Image 2416

Owl, Sitka Raptor Center – Image 2416

This photo is of one of the resident owls in the Sitka Raptor Center. My Southeast Calendar reflects on life in this corner of the world. By publishing this photo, I can highlight the good work of the Sitka Raptor Center plus get a beautiful photo for the calendar. This photo illustrates the ...
Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glaciers Book Cover  – Image 2415

Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glaciers Book Cover – Image 2415

I first photographed Tracy Arm in 1980 and immediately fell in love with the place. Over the past 25 years, I have probably made two dozen trips to the area. Tracy Arm has been Juneau's secret backyard mini-Glacier Bay that only locals, their family and friends knew about. Now, the wilderness ...
Unalaska, Alaska  – Image 2414

Unalaska, Alaska – Image 2414

Built in 1825 on Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, the Holy Ascension of Our Lord Catheral is the oldest Russian Orthodox cruciform-style church in North America. The largest private collection of Russian artifacts, religious icons and art pieces in Alaska can be found here. The fireweed is ...
Paintbrush, Alaska  – Image 2413

Paintbrush, Alaska – Image 2413

I photographed this field of paintbrush in 1980 along the Alsek River in Glacier Bay National Park. In all my years of traveling in the wilderness since then, I have not found a field to rival this spot. I keep hoping to get back this spot and spend several days during the peak of the ...
Arctic Lupine, Juneau, Alaska  – Image 2412

Arctic Lupine, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2412

It's full fledge flower season in Southeast Alaska in May. The Arctic lupine is a very common plant found throughout the area this time of the year and is one of the first flowers of the spring/summer season. Camera: Nikon F4, Lens: 300mm f/4 Nikkor, Film:35mm Velvia (35mm color slide ...

“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…