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Float plane, Misty Fiords National Monument, Alaska – Image 2036

I shot this photo of a float plane flying into Punchbowl Cove, Misty Fiords National Monument from a chase plane. Punchbowl Cove is remarkable for the 3,000 vertical wall that arises from the waters of Rudyerd Bay. Misty Fiords (just outside Ketchikan, Alaska) is a 2.2 million acre wilderness ...

Haines Harbor, Southeast Alaska – Image 2015

The city of Haines is located at the head of Lynn Canal about 70 miles north of Juneau. Fort Seward and Chilkat Mountains provides the backdrop for Haines harbor. Fort Seward was built as any Army post in 1903 and was named a National Historic Site in 1972. I shot this photo with a Nikon F5 ...

Alaska State Ferry, Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska – Image 2016

I was leaving Auke Bay on a small boat on my way to Glacier Bay about 6am in the morning. It was kind of a blah, overcast, nothing-special day until the rain squall hit and the sun broke through a hole in the cloud. It was all over in about two minutes. I shot this photo with my Nikon F5 using ...

Calving Lamplugh Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2007

I had been at Lamplugh Glacier all day and had missed a number of good calving photos because of bad luck and poor timing. Finally as evening light approached, I decided to stop all activity and wait for the calve. About an hour into my wait, the best calve of the day happened and I got it on ...

Kayaker, Scidmore Bay, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2018

This photo was shot in the last week of May 1998 on an Alaska Discovery kayak trip. I had gotten up at 4:30 am to shoot the morning light. I found one other client up and stirring around. I returned to this same spot exactly one year later in May of 1999, and I found two feet of snow on the ...

Black Oystercatcher, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska – Image 2019

The black oystercatcher, with its clown face and beach antics, is one of my favorite birds. This close-up of the oystercatcher face was taken after I had played cat and mouse with the bird for about half an hour. Oystercatchers are well known for their broken wing routine and fake nesting ...

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