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View Tom Dempsey's favorite photographs of Alaska: Denali National Park & Preserve, northern lights (aurora borealis), the mountain peak of Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters elevation according to 2015 GPS; formerly named Mount McKinley), mountain flightseeing, Alaska Railroad with rainbow, hiking, rafts, Kenai Peninsula, Exit Glacier, Prince William Sound tidewater glaciers, Richardson Highway, Kennecott, Wrangell-St. Elias NP, animals, wildlife, Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Russian Orthodox Church, fall colors, fireweed flowers, lichen polygon patterns, sunset magenta color.

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  • An orange and green leaf rests on polygons of orange and gray lichen in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley) rises to 20,310 feet elevation (6191 m) along Denali National Park Road near Eielson Visitor Center, Alaska, USA. Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, and measured from base to peak, it is earth's tallest mountain on land. Denali is only visible 1 out of 3 days. Rain falls as light showers or drizzle for half of summer days. The earliest shuttle bus doesn’t reach Denali views until mid morning. The least cloudy time is early morning, which suggests overnight tenting at Wonder Lake to best see the mountain. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer sedimentary rock above and around it. The native Athabaskan name "Denali" replaced "Mount McKinley" in 2015. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Ice collected in the Ruth Amphitheatre funnels through the mile wide Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier between mile high granite cliffs in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. Flightsee over a vast wilderness of glaciers and icy peaks in the Alaska Range. Ruth Glacier was 3800 feet thick in 1983 and flows 3 feet  a day from Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters, aka Mount McKinley), the highest mountain peak in North America. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer sedimentary rock above and around it. Photo by Carol Dempsey. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Drive to Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site near Thompson Pass in the Chugach Mountains, at milepost 28.7 of Richardson Highway east of Valdez, Alaska, USA. See one of the few US glaciers accessible by paved highway. Like most of Alaskas glaciers, this valley glacier has been steadily retreating for the last 150 years, but not as dramatically as many others. Thompson Pass is the snowiest place recorded in Alaska, with 551.5 inches (1,401 cm) of snow per year on average. The winter of 1952-1953 set an Alaskan record of more than 80 feet of snow. An Alaskan record snowfall of 62 inches (160 cm) fell in a single day, December 29, 1955.
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  • The northern lights glow after midnight in late August at Teklanika Campground, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. In 1621, Pierre Gassendi named the aurora borealis after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • Fireweed blooms pink magenta at Summit Lake (3210 feet elevation) beneath the snowy Alaska Range, along the Richardson Highway near Paxson, in Alaska, USA.
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  • The Alaska Range rises above tundra and the braided East Fork Toklat River seen from Polychrome Overlook, in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • A colorful rainbow arches over Alaska Railroad train engines. The Alaska Railroad carries both freight and passengers from Whittier and Seward to Anchorage, Denali National Park, Fairbanks, Eielson Air Force Base, and Fort Wainwright in Alaska, USA. The railroad is connected to the lower 48 via three rail barges that sail between the Port of Whittier and Harbor Island in Seattle, Washington.
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  • The Trans Alaska Pipeline (or Alyeska Pipeline) crosses the Alaska Range and conveys crude oil 800 miles (1287 km) from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez, Alaska, USA. Heat Pipes conduct heat from the oil to aerial fins to avoid melting the permafrost. The 48-inch diameter (122 cm) pipeline is privately owned by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. The Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) includes The Pipeline, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, 11 pump stations, and the Valdez Marine Terminal. Environmental, legal, and political debates followed the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968. After the 1973 oil crisis caused a sharp rise in oil prices in the United States and made exploration of the Prudhoe Bay oil field economically feasible, legislation removed legal challenges and the pipeline was built 1974-1977. Extreme cold, permafrost, and difficult terrain challenged builders. Tens of thousands of workers flocked to Alaska, causing a boomtown atmosphere in Valdez, Fairbanks, and Anchorage. Oil began flowing in 1977. The pipeline delivered the oil spilled by the huge 1989 Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster, which caused environmental damage expected to last 20-30 years in Prince William Sound. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Horsetail Falls and pink blooms of fireweed, along the Richardson Highway in Keystone Canyon (mileposts 14-17), in the Chugach Mountains, near Valdez, southcentral Alaska, USA.
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  • The tidewater Cascade and Barry Glaciers pour from the steep and glaciated Chugach Mountains into Barry Arm of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Prince William Sound is surrounded by Chugach National Forest (the second largest national forest in the USA). Tour spectacular Prince William Sound by commercial boat from Whittier, which sits strategically on Kenai Peninsula at the head of Passage Canal. Whittier is a port for the Alaska Marine Highway System, a ferry service which operates along the south-central coast, eastern Aleutian Islands, and the Inside Passage of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. Cruise ships stop at the port of Whittier for passenger connections to Anchorage (by road 60 miles) and to the interior of Alaska via highway and rail (the Denali Express). Known by locals as the Whittier tunnel or the Portage tunnel, the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel links Whittier via Portage Glacier Highway to the Seward Highway and Anchorage. At 13,300 feet long (4050 m), it is the longest combined rail and highway tunnel in North America. Whittier was severely damaged by tsunamis triggered by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, when thirteen people died from waves reaching 43 feet high (13 meters). Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • 14-story tall Kennecott Concentration Mill processed copper ore 1911-1938. Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark and nearby McCarthy nestle under the Wrangell Mountains within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. Old mine buildings, artifacts, and colorful history attract summer visitors. Remote McCarthy is connected to Chitina via the McCarthy Road spur of the Edgerton Highway. At the east end of McCarthy Road, visitors must park their vehicle and walk across the footbridge to McCarthy. From McCarthy, a privately-operated shuttle takes visitors 5 miles to Kennecott. After copper was discovered between the Kennicott Glacier and McCarthy Creek in 1900, the Kennecott town, mines, and Kennecott Mining Company were created and named after the adjacent glacier. Kennicott Glacier and River had previously been named after Robert Kennicott, a naturalist who explored in Alaska in the mid-1800s. The corporation and town stuck with a mistaken spelling of "Kennecott" with an e (instead of "Kennicott" with an i). Partly because alcoholic beverages and prostitution were forbidden in the company town of Kennecott, the neighboring town of McCarthy grew quickly to provide a bar, brothel, gymnasium, hospital, and school. The Copper River and Northwestern Railway reached McCarthy in 1911 to haul over 200 million dollars worth of ore 196 miles to the port of Cordova on Prince William Sound. By 1938, the worlds richest concentration of copper ore was mostly gone, the town was mostly abandoned, and railroad service ended. Not until the 1970s did the area began to draw young people for adventure and the big money of the Trans Alaska Pipeline project. Declaration of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in 1980 drew adventurous tourists who helped revive McCarthy with demand for needed services. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (the largest National Park in the USA) is honored by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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  • A Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus, or northern sea lion) plays with a firehose in an aquarium tank at the Alaska Sealife Center, Seward, Alaska. Steller Sea Lions are an endangered species in parts of Alaska and threatened elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest USA.
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  • People are dwarfed by the Exit Glacier, which flows from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska, USA. The only road into Kenai Fjords National Park is a spur of the Seward Highway to Exit Glacier, one of the most visited glaciers in Alaska. It was named after the exit of the first recorded crossing of Harding Icefield in 1968. Hike trails to the glacier terminus or up to Harding Icefield. From 1815-1999, the Exit Glacier in Alaska retreated 6549 feet, melting an average of 35 feet per year (according to www.nps.gov/kefj/). Over the past 50 years, Alaska’s winters have warmed by 6.3°F (3.5°C) and its annual average temperature has increased 3.4°F (2.0°C) (Karl et al. 2009). Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the continental United States. Since the industrial revolution began, humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by 35% through burning fossil fuels, deforesting land, and grazing livestock. An overwhelming consensus of climate scientists agree that global warming is indeed happening and humans are contributing to it through emission of greenhouse gases (primarily carbon dioxide). The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) says "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level. There is very high confidence that the net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming."
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  • The Russian Orthodox Church in the town of Ninilchik was redesigned and constructed in 1901 in Alaska, USA. In the graveyard, notice that the Russian Orthodox Cross has two extra arms: the top arm represents the inscribed acronyms [ INRI in Latin,  in Greek, and a Hebrew version, meaning "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews" ], and the angled bottom arm is his footrest. Russian Orthodox religion was born in Kiev in the "land of the Rus" in 988 AD as a branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. After Russian discovery of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in 1741, Russian fur traders taught Christianity to Alaskan Natives. The first eight Russian Orthodox missionaries came to Kodiak Island, Alaska (Russian America) in 1794. The religion spread amongst Alaskans, and the monks mission was made a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church a few years after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. Ninilchik is on the Sterling Highway on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula on the coast of Cook Inlet, 186 miles by road from Anchorage and 38 miles from Homer. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act recognized Ninilchik as an Alaska Native village. Ninilchik hosts the annual Kenai Peninsula State Fair.
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  • Leaves turn red, orange, and yellow in late August in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.
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  • Granite cliffs soar a mile above the mile-wide Great Gorge of the Ruth Glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. Flightsee over a vast wilderness of glaciers and icy peaks in the Alaska Range. Ruth Glacier was 3800 feet thick in 1983 and flows 3 feet a day from Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters, aka Mount McKinley), the highest mountain peak in North America. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer sedimentary rock above and around it.
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  • At sunset, lines of pink, magenta, orange, and yellow clouds form patterns against blue sky over Cook Inlet, Ninilchik, Alaska, USA. Trees make silhouettes. Ninilchik is on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula, 38 miles southwest of Kenai on Sterling Highway, 188 miles by road from Anchorage and 44 miles from Homer. Ninilchik hosts the annual Kenai Peninsula State Fair. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act recognized Ninilchik as an Alaska Native village.
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  • Over Tokositna Glacier, fly towards Mounts Foraker, Hunter, and McKinley/Denali in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. See a vast wilderness of glaciers, icy peaks, and mile deep granite gorges in the Alaska Range. Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters, aka Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain peak in North America. Measured from base to peak, it is earth's tallest mountain on land. Mount McKinley is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer sedimentary rock above and around it.
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  • Photographer Tom Dempsey admires tundra foliage turning red in early September above the Harding Icefield, in the Kenai Mountains, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA. The only road into Kenai Fjords National Park is a spur of the Seward Highway to Exit Glacier, one of the most visited glaciers in Alaska. Exit Glacier was named after the exit of the first recorded crossing of Harding Icefield in 1968. A trail ascends alongside Exit Glacier to overlook its source in the Harding Icefield. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • See Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters, aka Mount McKinley) from Kesugi Ridge Trail in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, and measured from base to peak, it is earth's tallest mountain on land. Mount McKinley is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the somewhat softer sedimentary rock above and around it. Panorama stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • See Mount Hunter and Mount McKinley from the confluence of the Talkeetna and Susitna Rivers at Talkeetna, Alaska, USA. Paddle a rubber raft. Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters, aka Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain peak in North America, and measured from base to peak, it is earth's tallest mountain on land. Mount McKinley is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the somewhat softer sedimentary rock above and around it.
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  • Tundra foliage turns red in early September above the Harding Icefield, in the Kenai Mountains, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA. The only road into Kenai Fjords National Park is a spur of the Seward Highway to Exit Glacier, one of the most visited glaciers in Alaska. Exit Glacier was named after the exit of the first recorded crossing of Harding Icefield in 1968. A trail ascends alongside Exit Glacier to overlook its source in the Harding Icefield.
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  • Heart shaped avalanche debris rides a glacier in the Alaska Range, USA. Flightsee over Denali National Park and Preserve to see a vast wilderness of glaciers, icy peaks, and mile deep granite gorges.
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  • At sunset, lines of clouds form patterns against blue sky over Cook Inlet, Ninilchik, Alaska, USA. Ninilchik is on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula, 38 miles southwest of Kenai on Sterling Highway, 188 miles by road from Anchorage and 44 miles from Homer. Ninilchik hosts the annual Kenai Peninsula State Fair. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act recognized Ninilchik as an Alaska Native village. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • The tidewater Surprise Glacier pours from the steep and glaciated Chugach Mountains into Harriman Fjord in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Prince William Sound is surrounded by Chugach National Forest (the second largest national forest in the USA). Tour spectacular Prince William Sound by commercial boat from Whittier, which sits strategically on Kenai Peninsula at the head of Passage Canal. Whittier is a port for the Alaska Marine Highway System, a ferry service which operates along the south-central coast, eastern Aleutian Islands, and the Inside Passage of Alaska and British Columbia, Canada. Cruise ships stop at the port of Whittier for passenger connections to Anchorage (by road 60 miles) and to the interior of Alaska via highway and rail (the Denali Express). Known by locals as the Whittier tunnel or the Portage tunnel, the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel links Whittier via Portage Glacier Highway to the Seward Highway and Anchorage. At 13,300 feet long (4050 m), it is the longest combined rail and highway tunnel in North America. Whittier was severely damaged by tsunamis triggered by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake, when thirteen people died from waves reaching 43 feet high (13 meters).
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  • The Russian Orthodox Church in the town of Ninilchik was redesigned and constructed in 1901 in Alaska, USA. Notice that the Russian Orthodox Cross has two extra arms: the top arm represents the inscribed acronyms [ INRI in Latin,  in Greek, and a Hebrew version, meaning "Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews" ], and the angled bottom arm is his footrest. Russian Orthodox religion was born in Kiev in the "land of the Rus" in 988 AD as a branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. After Russian discovery of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in 1741, Russian fur traders taught Christianity to Alaskan Natives. The first eight Russian Orthodox missionaries came to Kodiak Island, Alaska (Russian America) in 1794. The religion spread amongst Alaskans, and the monks mission was made a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church a few years after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. Ninilchik is on the Sterling Highway on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula on the coast of Cook Inlet, 186 miles by road from Anchorage and 38 miles from Homer. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act recognized Ninilchik as an Alaska Native village. Ninilchik hosts the annual Kenai Peninsula State Fair.
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  • A woman reaches for a Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus, or northern sea lion) playing with a firehose in an aquarium tank at the Alaska Sealife Center, Seward, Alaska. Steller Sea Lions are an endangered species in parts of Alaska and threatened elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest USA. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the Alaska Zoo, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Polar bears live mostly within the Arctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, and surrounding land. It is the world's largest land carnivore and the largest bear, together with the similar sized Kodiak Bear. Published in the book "On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear" by Richard Ellis 2009, from Alfred A. Knopf and Random House.
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  • A hiker explores the Exit Glacier, which flows from the Harding Icefield in the Kenai Mountains of Alaska, USA. The only road into Kenai Fjords National Park is a spur of the Seward Highway to Exit Glacier, one of the most visited glaciers in Alaska. It was named after the exit of the first recorded crossing of Harding Icefield in 1968. Hike trails to the glacier terminus or up to Harding Icefield. From 1815-1999, the Exit Glacier in Alaska retreated 6549 feet, melting an average of 35 feet per year (according to www.nps.gov/kefj/). Over the past 50 years, Alaska’s winters have warmed by 6.3°F (3.5°C) and its annual average temperature has increased 3.4°F (2.0°C) (Karl et al. 2009). Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the continental United States. Since the industrial revolution began, humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by 35% through burning fossil fuels, deforesting land, and grazing livestock. An overwhelming consensus of climate scientists agree that global warming is indeed happening and humans are contributing to it through emission of greenhouse gases (primarily carbon dioxide). The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) says "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level. There is very high confidence that the net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming."
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  • An exciting landing on Eldridge Glacier culminates a flightseeing tour in a small airplane over Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. See a vast wilderness of glaciers, icy peaks, and mile deep granite gorges in the Alaska Range. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • South Central Alaska map, USA, 24 days by RV (Recreational Vehicle) including Anchorage, Denali National Park and Preserve Park Road, Mount McKinley flightseeing from Talkeetna, Parks Highway, Kenai Peninsula, Sterling Highway, College & Harriman Fjords cruise from Whittier, Seward, Homer, Glenn Highway, Richardson Highway, Valdez, McCarthy, Wrangell Mountains, Fairbanks, North Pole.
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  • The Poker Creek–Little Gold Creek Border Crossing (4127 ft elevation) is on the Top of the World Highway, which connects the communities of Tok, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon on the Canada–United States border. This is the northernmost international border crossing in North America.
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  • F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) ran 1938-1967 near Fairbanks & here in Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March.
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  • F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) ran 1938-1967 near Fairbanks & here in Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Metal chicken sculpture & distance signpost for Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March.
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  • Decaying wood strip pattern on a cabin window shutter. Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March.
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  • F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) ran 1938-1967 near Fairbanks & here in Chicken, Alaska, USA. Chicken is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. Mining and tourism keep it alive in the summer, and about 17 people stay through the winter. Gold miners settling here in the late 1800s wanted to name it after the local ptarmigan birds, but couldn't agree on the spelling, so instead called it Chicken to avoid embarrassment. A portion of Chicken including early 1900s buildings and the F.E. Company Dredge No. 4 (Pedro Dredge) is listed as the Chicken Historic District on the National Register of Historical Places. Chicken can be reached via Chicken Airport or Alaska Route 5, the Taylor Highway, which is not maintained from mid-October through mid-March.
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  • Rosa acicularis (aka prickly wild rose, bristly rose, or Arctic rose) is distributed widely across the northern continents. Photographed at Gerstle River Wayside 29 miles east of Delta Junction, in Alaska, USA.
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  • Wavy mud pattern. The Black Veterans Memorial Bridge carries the Alaska Highway across the Gerstle River, 29 miles east of Delta Junction, in Alaska, USA. Free camping is available at Gerstle River Wayside just west of the bridge. Originally built in 1944, it is one of four "steel through truss-style" bridges on the Highway. It was renamed the Black Veterans Memorial Bridge in 1993 as a tribute to 3695 soldiers of the Army and the Corps of Engineers for their contribution in building the Alaska Highway.
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  • The Black Veterans Memorial Bridge carries the Alaska Highway across the Gerstle River, 29 miles east of Delta Junction, in Alaska, USA. Free camping is available at Gerstle River Wayside just west of the bridge. Originally built in 1944, it is one of four "steel through truss-style" bridges on the Highway. It was renamed the Black Veterans Memorial Bridge in 1993 as a tribute to 3695 soldiers of the Army and the Corps of Engineers for their contribution in building the Alaska Highway. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • An old 1900s safe decays outdoors. Big Delta State Historical Park: Rika's Roadhouse served travelers on the historic Valdez-to-Fairbanks Trail from 1913 to 1947, at a historically important crossing of the Tanana River. Find it off mile 274.5 of the Richardson Highway in Big Delta, in the Southeast Fairbanks Area, Alaska, USA. Jovo 'John' Hajdukovich, an immigrant from Montenegro, had the north-south section of this log structure built in 1913. Starting in 1917, Swedish immigrant Rika Wallen operated this regional hub serving gold stampeders, local hunters, traders, and freighters; and she bought the roadhouse in 1923. With the construction of the ALCAN (now Alaska) Highway and the replacement of the ferry with a bridge downstream, traffic moved away and patronage declined.
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  • An old jalopy decays outdoors. Big Delta State Historical Park: Rika's Roadhouse served travelers on the historic Valdez-to-Fairbanks Trail from 1913 to 1947, at a historically important crossing of the Tanana River. Find it off mile 274.5 of the Richardson Highway in Big Delta, in the Southeast Fairbanks Area, Alaska, USA. Jovo 'John' Hajdukovich, an immigrant from Montenegro, had the north-south section of this log structure built in 1913. Starting in 1917, Swedish immigrant Rika Wallen operated this regional hub serving gold stampeders, local hunters, traders, and freighters; and she bought the roadhouse in 1923. With the construction of the ALCAN (now Alaska) Highway and the replacement of the ferry with a bridge downstream, traffic moved away and patronage declined.
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  • North Pole, in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA. Despite its name, the city of North Pole is 1700 miles (2700 km) south of Earth's geographic North Pole. North Pole's biggest attraction is a gift shop named Santa Claus House (evolved from an earlier trading post), flanked by the world's largest fiberglass statue of Santa Claus. A small group of domesticated Reindeer are kept nearby. The town advertises its ZIP code 99705 as belonging to Santa. The legend of Santa Claus (aka Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, or Father Christmas) evolved in Western Christian culture from the historical Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra (now Demre, in the Republic of Turkey).
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  • The Polar Bear "Arctic Shadow" statue was cast in bronze with light granite gray patina by Jacques and Mary Regat in 1996. Dramatic architecture and distinctive exhibit galleries make the Museum of the North a must-see destination at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
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  • "Great Alaska Outhouse Experience" 2005 artwork by Craig N. Buchanan is made of found materials and historical objects. Dramatic architecture and distinctive exhibit galleries make the Museum of the North a must-see destination at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • "Great Alaska Outhouse Experience" 2005 artwork by Craig N. Buchanan is comprised of found materials and historical objects. Dramatic architecture and distinctive exhibit galleries make the Museum of the North a must-see destination at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • Columbine flower (Aquilegia genus). The Museum of the North is a must-see destination at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
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  • A boy rides a snowmobile made of ice. The Lacey Street Theatre building, now hosting the Fairbanks Ice Museum, is an Art Deco architectural showpiece theatre located at 500 Second Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was designed by noted theatre designer B. Marcus Priteca, and built in 1939 by C.W. Hufeisen for Austin E. "Cap" Lathrop. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • An artist carves flowers into ice in a live demonstration. The Lacey Street Theatre building, now hosting the Fairbanks Ice Museum, is an Art Deco architectural showpiece theatre located at 500 Second Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was designed by noted theatre designer B. Marcus Priteca, and built in 1939 by C.W. Hufeisen for Austin E. "Cap" Lathrop. To license this Copyright photo, please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.
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  • The Riverboat Nenana is a sternwheeler nicknamed the "Queen of the Yukon", a National Historical Landmark now displayed in Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. She was commissioned by the Alaska Railroad and built in 1933. Her parts were made in Seattle and then shipped to Nenana, Alaska where she was constructed. She plied the Tanana and Yukon Rivers from 1933 to 1954, primarily running the 858 miles between Nenana and Marshall. Although mainly a cargo ship, she also slept up to 50 passengers and was complete with showers and flushing toilets. She could hold up to 300 tons of cargo and push six barges on the Tanana. However, on the Yukon she only pushed one barge at a time because of the river’s curves and treacherous conditions. The sternwheeler traveled 17 mph downriver and 7 mph upriver. She is the world's second largest existing wooden hull vessel (237 feet long, 42 feet wide, 5 decks high).  Pioneer Park, run by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Department of Parks and Recreation, commemorates early Alaskan history with museums and historic displays. Pioneer Park was opened in 1967 as Alaska 67 Centennial Exposition to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. After being given first to the state and then to the city, Mayor Red Boucher renamed the site Alaskaland, which was changed to its present name in 2001.
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  • Pioneer Air Museum displays the history of interior and arctic Alaskan aviation. Pioneer Park, in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Pioneer Park, run by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Department of Parks and Recreation, commemorates early Alaskan history with museums and historic displays. Pioneer Park was opened in 1967 as Alaska 67 Centennial Exposition to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. After being given first to the state and then to the city, Mayor Red Boucher renamed the site Alaskaland, which was changed to its present name in 2001. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A stuffed grizzly bear (Ursus arctos, or North American brown bear) menaces customers in a gift shop in Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Pioneer Park, run by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Department of Parks and Recreation, commemorates early Alaskan history with museums and historic displays. Pioneer Park was opened in 1967 as Alaska 67 Centennial Exposition to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. After being given first to the state and then to the city, Mayor Red Boucher renamed the site Alaskaland, which was changed to its present name in 2001.
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  • The cast. The "Golden Heart Review" musical comedy is held nightly at the Palace Theatre in Gold Rush Town, Pioneer Park (Alaska’s only Historic Theme Park), Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Through songs and stories, the polished, professional cast covers the historical highlights of Fairbanks, also known as "The Golden Heart City".  Pioneer Park, run by the Fairbanks North Star Borough Department of Parks and Recreation, commemorates early Alaskan history with museums and historic displays. Pioneer Park was opened in 1967 as Alaska 67 Centennial Exposition to celebrate the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. After being given first to the state and then to the city, Mayor Red Boucher renamed the site Alaskaland, which was changed to its present name in 2001.
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  • Views of the Alaska Range from Polychrome Overlook. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Views from Eielson Visitor Center, deep inside Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The moose (Alces alces) is the largest species of the deer family. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • Caribou are large, wild, elk-like animals which live on lichen and vegetation above tree-line in arctic North America and Greenland. Photographed in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. Reindeer and caribou look different, but they are probably the same species of deer (Rangifer tarandus) which are well adapted to Arctic and Subarctic regions. Both sexes grow antlers, which are typically larger in males. Reindeer are well known from the Christmas myth where flying reindeer pull Santa Claus's sleigh, as popularized since the early 1800s in America. Reindeer are slightly smaller and were domesticated in northern Eurasia about 2000 years ago. Today, reindeer are herded by many Arctic peoples in Europe and Asia including the Sami in Scandinavia and the Nenets, Chukchi, and others in Russia. Reindeer and caribou have unique hairs which trap air for excellent insulation and flotation for swimming cold rivers.
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  • At 20,310 feet elevation or 6191 m, the peak of Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. When measured from its base, it is earth's tallest (most prominent) mountain on land. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer surrounding sedimentary rock.
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  • Views of the Alaska Range seen from Eielson Visitor Center, in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Views of the Alaska Range through moose antlers on the turf roof of Eielson Visitor Center, in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • Arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii). Eielson Visitor Center, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • At 20,310 feet elevation or 6191 m, the peak of Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. When measured from its base, it is earth's tallest (most prominent) mountain on land. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer surrounding sedimentary rock.
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  • The Alaska Range rises high above the gravel road to Reflection Pond and Kantishna, in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. At 20,310 feet elevation or 6191 m, the peak of Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America. When measured from its base, it is earth's tallest (most prominent) mountain on land. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer surrounding sedimentary rock.
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  • Run by concessionaire Doyon/ARAMARK Joint Venture, the non-narrated transit buses are green in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.
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  • Views from Eielson Visitor Center trails, deep inside Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos, or North American brown bear) in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos, or North American brown bear) in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Denali National Park, Alaska, USA. The red fox is one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, found across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia. It comes in many colorings and sub-species. This versatile animal has colonized many suburban and urban areas.
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  • Rays of sun break through rain clouds in Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • Rainbow over Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.
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  • Tokosha Mountains seen from Curry Ridge, in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. Denali State Park is in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough adjacent to the east side of Denali National Park and Preserve along the Parks Highway. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • See the icy summit of Denali from scenic Curry Ridge Trail (6 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain) from K'esugi Ken Campground, in Denali State Park, Alaska, USA. At 20,310 feet elevation or 6191 m, the peak of Denali (previously known as Mount McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America. When measured from its base, it is earth's tallest (most prominent) mountain on land. Denali is a granitic pluton uplifted by tectonic pressure while erosion has simultaneously stripped away the softer surrounding sedimentary rock. Denali State Park is in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough adjacent to the east side of Denali National Park and Preserve along the Parks Highway.
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  • Collapsing railway. Independence Mine State Historic Park, 14 miles from Palmer, Alaska, USA. The Independence Mines were a gold mining operation in the Talkeetna Mountains, across Hatcher Pass from Palmer. Independence Mine was the second-largest hard-rock gold mining operation in Alaska, after a larger site near Juneau. Mining here dates back to 1897 around Fishook Creek; these claims joined to form Wasilla Mining Company, which worked the mines from 1934-1943 and again 1948-1950. The company ended operations in 1950 expecting to resume, but never did, thereby well-preserving its mining equipment and buildings for eventual donation to the state in 1980, which established Independence Mine State Historic Park.
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  • Chugach Mountains rise beyond a collapsing railway at Independence Mine State Historic Park, 14 miles from Palmer, Alaska, USA. The Independence Mines were a gold mining operation in the Talkeetna Mountains, across Hatcher Pass from Palmer. Independence Mine was the second-largest hard-rock gold mining operation in Alaska, after a larger site near Juneau. Mining here dates back to 1897 around Fishook Creek; these claims joined to form Wasilla Mining Company, which worked the mines from 1934-1943 and again 1948-1950. The company ended operations in 1950 expecting to resume, but never did, thereby well-preserving its mining equipment and buildings for eventual donation to the state in 1980, which established Independence Mine State Historic Park.
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  • Independence Mine State Historic Park, 14 miles from Palmer, Alaska, USA. The Independence Mines were a gold mining operation in the Talkeetna Mountains, across Hatcher Pass from Palmer. Independence Mine was the second-largest hard-rock gold mining operation in Alaska, after a larger site near Juneau. Mining here dates back to 1897 around Fishook Creek; these claims joined to form Wasilla Mining Company, which worked the mines from 1934-1943 and again 1948-1950. The company ended operations in 1950 expecting to resume, but never did, thereby well-preserving its mining equipment and buildings for eventual donation to the state in 1980, which established Independence Mine State Historic Park.
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  • A collapsing railway at Independence Mine State Historic Park, 14 miles from Palmer, Alaska, USA. The Independence Mines were a gold mining operation in the Talkeetna Mountains, across Hatcher Pass from Palmer. Independence Mine was the second-largest hard-rock gold mining operation in Alaska, after a larger site near Juneau. Mining here dates back to 1897 around Fishook Creek; these claims joined to form Wasilla Mining Company, which worked the mines from 1934-1943 and again 1948-1950. The company ended operations in 1950 expecting to resume, but never did, thereby well-preserving its mining equipment and buildings for eventual donation to the state in 1980, which established Independence Mine State Historic Park. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Sanford (16,237 ft), the sixth highest mountain in the United States, a strato-volcano (or composite cone), rises prominently in the Wrangell Mountains, seen from the Glenn Highway, Alaska. The Wrangell Lavas built the Wrangell Mountains over the past 10 million years.
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  • Wrangell Mountains, seen from Nabesna Road, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, southeast Alaska, USA. Nabesna Road offers spectacular scenery in a seldom-seen, wild corner of Alaska, the headwaters of the Copper River. Here at Mile Post 16.6, Kettle Lake picnic site offers a great view of the Wrangell Mountains. A humorous sign here says "TOILET 1 MILE". The Wrangell Lavas built the Wrangell Mountains over the past 10 million years. Mount Wrangell (14,163 ft) is the largest andesite shield volcano in North America. The cinder cone of Mount Zanetti (13,009 ft) rose prominently 1000 feet above its northwest flank during the past 25,000 years. Wrangell reportedly erupted in 1784 and 1884–85. Occasional steam plumes rise from the park's only active volcano, and ash sometimes coats the summit snow. Flowing northward from it is the Copper Glacier, source of Copper River which flows northward, then westward along the end of the Wrangell Range, then southward to the Gulf of Alaska near Cordova, cutting through the coastal barrier of the Chugach Mountains, marking most of Park's western boundary. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • At Nabesna Road Mile Post 16.6, Kettle Lake picnic site offers a great view of the Wrangell Mountains. A humorous sign here says "TOILET 1 MILE". in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, southeast Alaska, USA. Nabesna Road offers spectacular scenery in a seldom-seen, wild corner of Alaska, the headwaters of the Copper River. The Wrangell Lavas built the Wrangell Mountains over the past 10 million years. Mount Wrangell (14,163 ft) is the largest andesite shield volcano in North America. The cinder cone of Mount Zanetti (13,009 ft) rose prominently 1000 feet above its northwest flank during the past 25,000 years. Wrangell reportedly erupted in 1784 and 1884–85. Occasional steam plumes rise from the park's only active volcano, and ash sometimes coats the summit snow. Flowing northward from it is the Copper Glacier, source of Copper River which flows northward, then westward along the end of the Wrangell Range, then southward to the Gulf of Alaska near Cordova, cutting through the coastal barrier of the Chugach Mountains, marking most of Park's western boundary.
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  • Reflections in wetland ponds along Tok Cutoff (often considered part of the Glenn Highway), north of Slana River bridge (19 miles north of Slana), in Alaska, USA.
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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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  • "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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  • 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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  • 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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  • An electric hammer. 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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  • 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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  • Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau, Alaska, USA. Photographed from the ferry (Alaska Marine Highway System) southbound from Haines to Juneau. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is a unit of Tongass National Forest. Mendenhall Glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. 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 the warming of Alaska 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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  • Crevasses in Mendenhall Glacier. Juneau, Alaska, USA. For spectacular views over Mendenhall Glacier, hike the West Glacier (Mt. McGinnis) Trail 6-9.5 miles round trip, 1000-3200 feet gain, best late May-September. The Trailhead is a half mile from Mendenhall Campground entrance by road. A good trail skirts the northwest side of Mendenhall Lake then climbs through forest to the bare rock along the glacier's west side, where some scrambling and route finding skills are required. Mendenhall Glacier flows 12 miles from downtown Juneau. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is a unit of Tongass National Forest. Mendenhall Glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. 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 the warming of Alaska 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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  • For spectacular views over Mendenhall Glacier, hike the West Glacier (Mt. McGinnis) Trail 6-9.5 miles round trip, 1000-3200 feet gain, best late May-September. The Trailhead is a half mile from Mendenhall Campground entrance by road. A good trail skirts the northwest side of Mendenhall Lake then climbs through forest to the bare rock along the glacier's west side, where some scrambling and route finding skills are required. Mendenhall Glacier flows 12 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska, USA. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is a unit of Tongass National Forest. Mendenhall Glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. 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 the warming of Alaska 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. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • For spectacular views over Mendenhall Glacier, hike the West Glacier (Mt. McGinnis) Trail 6-9.5 miles round trip, 1000-3200 feet gain, best late May-September. The Trailhead is a half mile from Mendenhall Campground entrance by road. A good trail skirts the northwest side of Mendenhall Lake then climbs through forest to the bare rock along the glacier's west side, where some scrambling and route finding skills are required. Mendenhall Glacier flows 12 miles from downtown Juneau, Alaska, USA. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is a unit of Tongass National Forest. Mendenhall Glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. 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 the warming of Alaska 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. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Crevasses in Mendenhall Glacier. Juneau, Alaska, USA. For spectacular views over Mendenhall Glacier, hike the West Glacier (Mt. McGinnis) Trail 6-9.5 miles round trip, 1000-3200 feet gain, best late May-September. The Trailhead is a half mile from Mendenhall Campground entrance by road. A good trail skirts the northwest side of Mendenhall Lake then climbs through forest to the bare rock along the glacier's west side, where some scrambling and route finding skills are required. Mendenhall Glacier flows 12 miles from downtown Juneau. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is a unit of Tongass National Forest. Mendenhall Glacier has retreated 1.75 miles since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. 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 the warming of Alaska 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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  • Eagle Beach State Recreation Area, Alaska. Three entrances are left off Glacier Highway between mile 26 and mile 27 north of downtown Juneau. First turnoff is camping and cabins, second is the picnic area, and last is the northernmost beach access. Beach combing, photography. The small campground lets you wake up to the sound of eagles picking their way through the tide flats. Low tide opens up around a quarter mile but beware the tide flows back in quickly and quietly. With average tides of 16 feet, these flats hold many morsels of food for wildlife. The best season for eagles and bears is late June to early August when salmon come up the river. Find clams, sea peaches, crabs, other delights. At high tide the birds retreat into the trees, but there is a 1.5 mile loop above the high tide line that winds along Eagle River and across the beach between sand and beach grasses. The access trail connects with the Yankee Basin and Eagle Glacier trails for diversity (old growth forest, muskeg, wetlands, river systems, glacial moraine, tidal flats).
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  • National Shrine of St. Therese, 22 miles north of downtown Juneau, in Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA. A stone causeway from shore reaches this natural-stone chapel nestled amid a tranquil wooded island. This ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau is dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of Alaska, missionaries, and the Diocese of Juneau. She wrote that what really mattered in life was not our great deeds, but our great love. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A marmot at National Shrine of St. Therese, 22 miles north of downtown Juneau, in Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA. A stone causeway from shore reaches this natural-stone chapel nestled amid a tranquil wooded island. This ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau is dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of Alaska, missionaries, and the Diocese of Juneau. She wrote that what really mattered in life was not our great deeds, but our great love.
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  • Sunset light backlights a flower at the National Shrine of St. Therese, 22 miles north of downtown Juneau, in Tongass National Forest, Alaska, USA. A stone causeway from shore reaches this natural-stone chapel nestled amid a tranquil wooded island. This ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Juneau is dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the patron saint of Alaska, missionaries, and the Diocese of Juneau. She wrote that what really mattered in life was not our great deeds, but our great love. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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