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Cover of the Southeast Alaska 2013 Calendar Alaska – Image 2796

I have been shooting calving glaciers for over 32 years and most of the images just do not work. It is terribly frustrating bearing witness one of the amazing powers of nature and not being able to translate that moment to a still image. In person the sight and sounds are totally mind blowing ...

Cover of the Juneau Alaska 2013 Calendar – Image 2795

I shot this sunset over Juneau from Spaulding Meadows in January. The temperature was hovering around 0 degrees F with a slight breeze. Although not very cold by Alaska standards, it was coldenough to be sapping my camera batteries, gumming up the works and freezing my fingers. Some might say ...

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2794

In the past 34 years, I have literally shot tens of thousands of images of the Mendenhall Glacier, and this one is my favorite image. It was shot on the westside of the lake across from the visitors center. I have only seen the water right in front of the glacier go mirror calm once. Even on ...

Harbor Mountain, Sitka, Alaska – Image 2793

I went to the top of Harbor Mountain in Sitka in hopes of spending the night to shoot northern lights. There is a great website managed by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks that gives viewers a northern light forecast (http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast). ...

Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2792

The autumn (mid-September through October) in Juneau is usually very wet with tons of rain. Once in a while the area will experience a clear day or even a semi-dry fall. When this happens, the fall foliage in and around the Mendenhall Glacier can be spectacular. To do this shoot, I ...

Black bears, Steep Creek, Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, Alaska – Image 2791

These three black bears roam the bear trail along Steep Creek at the Mendenhall Glacier. The sockeye salmon usually show up in the creek between the third week of July and first week of August. This shot is of the bear that the locals refer to as "Nicky" with her two cubs. Over the years we ...

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