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“Once Upon Alaska” 17th Spread…Image 2876

“Once Upon Alaska” 17th Spread…Image 2876

I shot this image of a bear at the spit viewing area at Pack Creek. I call this image the “Polite Bear”. After 40 plus years of being around people and being raised in a protected area that does not allow hunting, the bears have become accustomed to people in Pack Creek. The bears can roam ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 16th Spread…Image 2875

“Once Upon Alaska” 16th Spread…Image 2875

Unlike the larger brown/grizzly bears, black bears are agile climbers.  The mothers often park their cubs high in trees where they are safe from large male bears.  Their typically dark colors help them blend into the forest shadows.  Though they are called black, these bears may be cinnamon ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 15th Spread…Image 2874

“Once Upon Alaska” 15th Spread…Image 2874

Bald eagles are born brown, and stay that way until they reach adulthood. Around age five the young birds' brown head and tail feathers turn their distinctive white while their talons turn golden along with their beaks. There are more bald eagles in Alaska - well over 30,000 - than in the rest ...
“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 ...
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