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Humpback whales,South Shelter,Alaska  – Image 2790

Humpback whales,South Shelter,Alaska – Image 2790

One of the best places in Alaska for whale watching is Juneau. The humpback whales return to the Juneau from the yearly migration to Hawaii sometime in April or May. Once here, they stay put for the summer. The whale activity concentrates around Shelter Island about 20 minutes by skiff from ...
Refuge Cove, Ketchikan, Alaska  – Image 2789

Refuge Cove, Ketchikan, Alaska – Image 2789

Southeast Alaska is dotted with many small beautiful out-of-the-way boat harbors. The evening light and calm waters casting a mirror reflection makes this photo work. The dilapidated dock in the foreground leading into the central focus of the image really helps the composition. I had to ...
Fireweed, Chilkat Inlet, Glacier Point, Haines, Alaska  – Image 2786

Fireweed, Chilkat Inlet, Glacier Point, Haines, Alaska – Image 2786

My thanks goes to my good friend, Skip Gray, for sharing this location with me. He was kayaking from Juneau to Haines and came upon this field of fireweed with the great mountain background. He called me on his cell and told me to get up to the area before the weather changed. The next ...
Gilkey Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Alaska  – Image 2785

Gilkey Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Alaska – Image 2785

I jumped on a helicopter for a glacier trek with NorthStar Trekking which is a company specializing in taking people to the glaciers surrounding Juneau. Once the helicopter has landed on the glacier, their clients go on either a one, two or three hour guided treks across the ice. We went 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…