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Kongakut River, Brooks Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska – Image 2115

The use of a slow shutter speed on my camera blended the fast flowing Kongakut River into a soft blur. I rafted sixty miles of the Kongakut River with my family and the guiding company Alaska Discovery. Except for two-half days of rain, we had 60 to 70 F degree temperatures and more caribou ...

Paddle Rafts on Kongakut River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska – Image 2113

Every once in a while the Southeast Alaska Portfolio will wander around the state. I spent nine-days rafting the Kongakut River in the Northeast corner of Alaska. The Kongakut River cuts through the Brooks Range flowing north across the arctic coastal plain to the Arctic Ocean. Here the Alaska ...

July 4th, 2000 fireworks over Gastineau Channel, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2112

I was looking for a different angle to shoot the annual July 4th fireworks. I got permision to shoot on top of an oil tank at Taku Oil for this photo. This shot was taken with a Nikon F/5 equipped with a Nikor 35-70mm F/2.8 lens on Fuji Velvia film pushed one stop. The exposure was unrecorded. ...

Hoary Marmot, Dundas Bay, Alaska – Image 2111

A hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) watches for danger from eagles, foxes, wolves or bears in Dundas Bay, Glacier Bay National Park. When alarmed, the hoary marmot makes a loud whistle. Marmots are relatives of the squirrel; their front paws are clawed for digging burrows for their winter ...

Lituya Bay, Alaska – Image 2110

Lituya Bay, on the western edge of Glacier Bay National Park, is the site of dramatic and deadly earthquakes and landslides. In 1958, an earthquake set off in turn a landslide, a splash that climbed 1,720, the crumbling of the face of Lituya Glacier, and a massive wave that carried three ...

Tree Carving, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2109

Rick Beasley has revived the Haines Tlingit area historic practice of tree carving. Traditionally, the tree carvings were used as trail markers. Through commissions, Rick has completed four tree carvings in Juneau and two in Bartlett Cove. I shot this photo using a Nikor F5 with a 80-200mm ...

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