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“Once Upon Alaska” 14th Spread…Image 2873

“Once Upon Alaska” 14th Spread…Image 2873

A float plane flies over the Juneau Icefield, a massive sheet of ice more than 80 miles long and 50 miles wide and larger than the state of Rhode Island.   About 38 large valley glaciers and over 100 smaller glaciers flow from the Juneau Icefield.  One of the best ways to see the 5th largest ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 13th Spread…Image 2872

“Once Upon Alaska” 13th Spread…Image 2872

Margerie Glacier is a tidewater glacier located deep inside Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and can only be reached by boat or plane.  The glacier ice seen above the waterline is about 25 stories high.  The additional ice below the water is estimated to be about 10 stories high.  ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 12th Spread…Image 2871

“Once Upon Alaska” 12th Spread…Image 2871

Glaciers that meet the sea are known as tidewater glaciers.  As these massive rivers of ice flow downhill, their faces are undercut by tidal currents resulting in spectacular "calving" as huge chucks of ice break off.  The faces of some glaciers reach more than 200 feet into the air and may ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 11th Spread…Image 2870

“Once Upon Alaska” 11th Spread…Image 2870

Drifting icebergs near the face of tidewater glaciers often serve as nurseries for harbor seal mothers and their pups.  The ice offers a place to birth their young, a place for rest and sunning, as well as a refuge from their main predator, orcas (also known as killer whales).  The two most ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 10th Spread…Image 2669

“Once Upon Alaska” 10th Spread…Image 2669

Sea otters once populated much of the ocean of Southeast Alaska, but were hunted to extinction 150 years ago by Russian fur traders.  The sea otter recovery began in the 1960's when biologists transplanted 400 sea otters from elsewhere in Alaska to the outside waters in Southeast Alaska.  Now ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 9th Spread…Image 2668

“Once Upon Alaska” 9th Spread…Image 2668

Sea lions play "king of the mountain".  These marine mammals love to haul out and bask in the warm air.  Unfortunately, there is not room for all on the Faust Rock buoy in Saginaw Channel near Juneau, Alaska.  This image works well in my new children's book because of the interaction between ...

“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…