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Margerie and Grand Pacific Glaciers, Glacier Bay NP, AK #3375

Margerie and Grand Pacific Glaciers, Glacier Bay NP, AK #3375

I first visited Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in 1980, when I spent a week photographing harbor seals in Johns Hopkins Inlet with my good friends Joel Bennett and John Howe. I fell in love with the park and have returned year after year. The cover of my 2026 calendar features two of my most favorite glaciers at sunrise: the Margerie and Grand Pacific Glaciers. The Margerie Glacier is the blue glacier on the left; the face of the Grand Pacific is covered by brown and black rock ...
Humpback Whale, North Pass, Juneau, AK #3374

Humpback Whale, North Pass, Juneau, AK #3374

As a photographer, I am always waiting and watching — sometimes for many years — for images that include all the elements that make Alaska so amazing. Those include snow-capped mountains, flowing glaciers, and wildlife all wrapped together in the majestic world of the Tongass National Forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. I am so happy to have shot this image of a juvenile humpback whale jumping for joy as my calendar cover. I shot this photo in North Pass, about a ...
Alaska Magazine

Alaska Magazine

The current issue (July/August 2025) of Alaska Magazine features a spread of Mark Kelley images in its Portfolio section. Along with some of my favorite images I wrote a short story of how I came to pursue the path of a nature/wildlife photographer. I knew it was a good decision as in 1978 Alaska Magazine helped jump start my career by publishing one of my all-time favorite images on its cover while I was a still a junior in college. Thank you Alaska Magazine!
The 2026 Alaska Calendars have arrived!

The 2026 Alaska Calendars have arrived!

The 2026 Alaska calendars are here! With two beautiful covers I could not be happier. The 2026 Juneau calendar features a breaching baby humpback whale in North Pass, right in front of the Eagle Glacier. Wow, what a moment! I have waited 50 years for a moment like this. The Alaska calendar features the terminus of the Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Enjoy!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS #3373

HAPPY HOLIDAYS #3373

Eldred Rock Lighthouse is 55 miles north of Juneau and 17 miles south of Haines in North Lynn Canal. Built in 1905, the lighthouse sits in front of the stunning Chilkat Range mountains. I have lived in Juneau for more than 45 years and have always wanted to photograph this site in the middle of a winter storm with the raging winds whipping up white-capped seas. I booked a room on the state ferry during a January storm. The ferry left Juneau in the middle of the night and when I woke up, I ...
Caribou, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Arctic Alaska #3372

Caribou, Trans Alaska Pipeline, Arctic Alaska #3372

I moved to Alaska in the summer of 1974, just months before the official start of construction of the Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline. I considered myself an environmentalist and not at all a fan of the pipeline. Fast forward to the past 10 years and I have made an annual pilgrimage up the Dalton Highway some 414 miles long, stretching from Livengood (84 miles north of Fairbanks) to Deadhorse and the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay to photograph the aurora borealis. The mostly gravel highway was built ...
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“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...