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Black Bear Cub, Juneau, Alaska #3436

A black bear cub pauses to take a break from ravenously feeding on dandelions along Juneau’s road system. Each spring dandelions line the roadside of, what Juneauites call “Out the Road.” The yellow banquet of flowers, although invasive, provides a much-needed food source for the bears. I love ...

Tufted Puffin, Glacier Bay National Park #3435

Alaska is known for its abundance of puffins, and we have both tufted and horned puffins. These birds are harder to find than one can imagine. Along Alaska’s Inside Passage the best places for visiting with these clown-faced birds are Glacier Bay National Park and the islands on the outside ...

Harbor Seal, Tracy Arm, South Sawyer Glacier, Alaska #3343

I love going to the South Sawyer Glacier basin in Tracy Arm to photograph harbor seals. The basin is one of the most productive seal pupping areas in Alaska’s Inside passage. During pupping season, from May through June, there are way too many seals in the basin to count. With that many ...

Fall in Juneau, Alaska #3442

I shot this image at Moose Lake in the Dredge lake area of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Juneau can be extremely wet during the fall and is not famous for its fall colors (unlike Interior Alaska which can rage with fall colors). With some luck and a few dry spells every once in a ...

Black Bear Cubs, Anan Creek, Wrangell, Alaska #3441

Two black bear cubs hang out in a spruce tree while waiting for their mom who is fishing in Anan Creek for pink salmon. What’s special about Anan Creek is that it probably supports the largest wild pink salmon run along Alaska’s Inside Passage. This salmon run, in turn, supports a bear ...

Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska #3440

Kayakers paddle through the pack ice of Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. I spent a week in late May 2021 onboard the expedition vessel “The Sea Wolf” to get this shot. The Sea Wolf is based out of Gustavus and specializes in week-long trips in Glacier Bay National Park. My job is ...

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