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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 the Gilke Glacier and found this pond of melted glacier water on top of the ice. What I love about this photo is the rock. The rock looks like it's floating but actually the pond is only inches deep. ...
Coastal Brown Bear, Stan Price Wildlife Sanctuary, Admiralty Island, Alaska – Image 2784

Coastal Brown Bear, Stan Price Wildlife Sanctuary, Admiralty Island, Alaska – Image 2784

Many people who know me, know that I do not usually photograph in the rain. Since I live in one of the more rainy places in Alaska, every once in a while I have to brave the wet and shoot. For this image, I was at the Stan Price Wildlife Sanctuary on Admiralty Island waiting for a bear to show up on the stream in the downpour. My system for shooting in the rain is to wear full rubber rain gear (both pants and jacket) and shoot under a big golf umbrella. For wildlife shoots the camera is ...
Nugget Falls, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2783

Nugget Falls, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska – Image 2783

This is another lucky, found moment. I usually go out to photograph with an image in my mind. This day, I wanted to get a photo showing Nugget Falls and people interacting with the environment. I thought I would get a bunch of people standing around enjoying the amazing seen. I worked the situation as best I could and made some pleasant photos. I had been there about an hour trying to make an image, but nothing more than the standard stuff was happening. Than an angel showed up. Without ...
Glacier Calving, Dawes Glacier, Endicott Arm, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2782

Glacier Calving, Dawes Glacier, Endicott Arm, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2782

WOW! Sometimes a photographer just gets lucky. I have shot a lot of calving glaciers but have never before got to include the human element to give the viewer a reference point on just how big everything is. This is the Dawes Glacier with a glacier face standing close to 200 feet above the water line. The small rubber raft and lone kayaker were off a Safari Cruise trip, and I was traveling on the "Adventure Bound" that does daily trips down to Tracy Arm out of Juneau. There was one ...
Small Crusie Ship, Tracy Arm, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2781

Small Crusie Ship, Tracy Arm, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2781

Tracy Arm is famous for its blue icebergs. Glacier ice is blue because of its dense crystalline structure created under huge pressure by the weight of hundreds if not thousands of feet of ice. This weight squeezes out all of the impurities and makes for ice many time denser than your ice cube in your drink. The crystalline structure of the ice absorbs all the visible light spectrum except blue. The blue light is refracted off the ice giving the glacier ice its signature blue color. As ...
Nanny and Kid, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2780

Nanny and Kid, Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness – Image 2780

Photography is about moments. This moment between a nanny (mother mountain goat) and her kid (mountain goat baby) is just so sweet.  My first trip to photograph Tracy Arm was in 1980 and since then have probably made over 60 trips to the area. Only once have I seen mountain goats on the steep rock walls at sea level…close enough to photograph with any success.  Mostly they are high on the ridges and no more than a spot in your binoculars.  I was able to spend a couple of hours floating in ...
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