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Alaska: Haines Highway

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  • Aerial view of Haines, Alaska, USA. Flightseeing from Skagway or Haines is a spectacular way to see Glacier Bay National Park, in Southeast Alaska. We were bedazzled by Mountain Flying Service's 1.3-hour West Arm tour from Skagway. Glacier Bay is honored by UNESCO as part of a huge Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage site shared between Canada and the United States. In 1750-80, Glacier Bay was totally covered by ice, which has since radically melted away. In 1794, Captain George Vancover found Icy Strait on the Gulf of Alaska choked with ice, and all but a 3-mile indentation of Glacier Bay was filled by a huge tongue of the Grand Pacific Glacier, 4000 feet deep and 20 miles wide. By 1879, naturalist John Muir reported that the ice had retreated 48 miles up the bay. In 1890, "Glacier Bay" was named by Captain Beardslee of the U.S. Navy. Over the last 200 years, melting glaciers have exposed 65 miles of ocean. As of 2019, glaciers cover only 27% of the Park area. Since the mid 1900s, Alaska has warmed 3 degrees Fahrenheit and its winters have warmed nearly 6 degrees. Human-caused climate change induced by emissions of greenhouse gases continues to accelerate warming at an unprecedented rate. Climate change is having disproportionate effects in the Arctic, which is heating up twice as fast as the rest of Earth.
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  • Near Chilkat Pass, on Haines Highway, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Construction on Haines Highway, Alaska, USA
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  • A blue gloved hand sorts crab. Haines Packing Company, since 1917, at Mile 5.5 Mud Bay Road in Haines, Alaska, USA. At one of oldest cannery sites in SE Alaska, see the seafood processing line through large windows and visit the gift shop.
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  • Pier of Haines Packing Company, operating since 1917, at Mile 5.5 Mud Bay Road in Haines, Alaska, USA. At one of oldest cannery sites in SE Alaska, see the seafood processing line through large windows and visit the gift shop. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Our RV parks with a view of Rainbow Glacier in the Chilkat Range, seen from Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • Waterfalls tumble from Rainbow Glacier in the Chilkat Range, seen from Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • Green lichen. Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA. This oceanfront park west of town has beautiful views of Rainbow and Davidson Glaciers.
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  • Red algae colors a pond in Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • Red algae colors a pond in Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • "Grrrr…argh…back off", says the expression of a female moose (Alces alces) with calf. Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • Haines Hitch-up RV Park, Alaska, USA
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  • Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • A ceremonial Tlingit wood hat in Alaska Indian Arts skill center. Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, 1902-1945. Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, it was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • Ceremonial wood masks in Alaska Indian Arts skill center, Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, 1902-1945. Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, it was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • A totem pole in the Alaska Indian Arts skill center, in Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, at Port Chilkoot, in Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, Fort Seward (1902-1945) was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • A totem pole top at the Alaska Indian Arts skill center, in Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, at Port Chilkoot, in Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, Fort Seward (1902-1945) was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • A totem pole at the Alaska Indian Arts skill center, in Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, at Port Chilkoot, in Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, Fort Seward (1902-1945) was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • Tlingit art on Fort Seward tribal house. Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, 1902-1945. Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, it was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • Tlingit art on Fort Seward tribal house. Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, 1902-1945. Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, it was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, 1902-1945. Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, it was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • Three ravens argue. Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark, 1902-1945. Port Chilkoot, Haines, Alaska, USA. Also known as Chilkoot Barracks and Haines Mission, it was the last of 11 military posts in Alaska during the gold rush era, and Alaska's only military facility between 1925 and 1940. It policed miners moving into the gold mining areas in the Alaskan interior, and provided military presence during negotiations over the nearby international border with Canada. William H. Seward was the United States Secretary of State who oversaw the Alaska purchase.
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  • Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • An electric hammer. Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Odd hammers on the ceiling. Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Alaskan husband trainer (cast-iron pan) and husband-tamer (wood mallet) hammers, at the Hammer Museum, in Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Flying sculpture. Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Snowknockers removed snow and ice from horses' hooves. Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Hammers form spokes of a penny-farthing bicycle wheel. Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska, USA
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  • Totem pole outside of the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, Haines, Alaska, USA. This interesting museum showcases the art and culture of Haines, with over 4000 artifacts including Chilkat Blankets, Eldred Rock lighthouse lens, 12,000 cataloged photographs from the 1800s until today; books and countless documents. <br />
https://www.sheldonmuseum.org/
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  • This modern Tlingit "War Helmet", made in 2010 by master carver Wayne Price, has human hair covering the back, with sea lion whisters at top. Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, Haines, Alaska, USA. This interesting museum showcases the art and culture of Haines, with over 4000 artifacts including Chilkat Blankets, Eldred Rock lighthouse lens, 12,000 cataloged photographs from the 1800s until today; books and countless documents. <br />
https://www.sheldonmuseum.org/
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  • Russian trunks, made in China with camphor wood 1833-1899, sent to Russia full of tea, then covered with decorately painted vellum, and brought by Russian fur traders trading across the Pacific to Alaska. Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, Haines, Alaska, USA. This interesting museum showcases the art and culture of Haines, with over 4000 artifacts including Chilkat Blankets, Eldred Rock lighthouse lens, 12,000 cataloged photographs from the 1800s until today; books and countless documents. <br />
https://www.sheldonmuseum.org/
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  • Satellite dishes on a house with a totem pole in Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • Snowy peaks of the Chilkat Range seen on the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) between Haines and Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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  • Snowy peaks of the Chilkat Range seen on the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) between Haines and Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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  • Built in 1905 on Lynn Canal, Eldred Rock Lighthouse is the oldest original lighthouse in Alaska and the only remaining octagonal frame lighthouse of those built between 1902-1905. It was established because of the many shipwrecks nearby especially during the 1898 Gold Rush, when Lynn Canal was in heavy use. Eldred Rock Light was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1973 and downgraded to a minor light. Photogrpaphed from the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) from Haines to Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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  • Built in 1905 on Lynn Canal, Eldred Rock Lighthouse is the oldest original lighthouse in Alaska and the only remaining octagonal frame lighthouse of those built between 1902-1905. It was established because of the many shipwrecks nearby especially during the 1898 Gold Rush, when Lynn Canal was in heavy use. Eldred Rock Light was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1973 and downgraded to a minor light. Photogrpaphed from the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) from Haines to Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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  • Snowy peaks of the Chilkat Range seen on the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) between Haines and Juneau, Alaska, USA.
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