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“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 ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 8th Spread…Image 2867

“Once Upon Alaska” 8th Spread…Image 2867

I love this image!  Nick Jans just nailed the words comparing the blow from a killer whale to a “silver flame”. The backlighting coming through the killer whale exhale does look like a "flame”.  The flat calm water reflecting the spruce trees of the Tongass National Forest puts this ocean ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 7th Spread…Image 2866

“Once Upon Alaska” 7th Spread…Image 2866

These humpback whales are engaged in a spectacular feeding frenzy known as “bubble netting”. Working together, a group of whales uses exhaled bubbles to form a “net” to encircle schools of baitfish, like herring, to bring them toward the surface. The whales then lunge through the mass with ...
“Once Upon Alaska” 6th Book Spread…Image 2865

“Once Upon Alaska” 6th Book Spread…Image 2865

I moved to Juneau in the summer of 1979.  The following summer, I found myself photographing whales in a skiff off Point Adolphus in Icy Strait.  Before this time, I had not really ever seen a whale.  When the whale in this image showed up it started slapping its tail.  I slowly moved in to ...
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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…