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Up North

Images from three visits to Alaska from 2004-2010.

Joy of the Breach – Breaching mother humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) showing her calf how it’s done. In Hood Bay on Admiralty Island, Alaska. June 2011.
Angoon Portrait – Portrait of an alpha grizzly patrolling the refuse station at the edge of the village of Angoon, Alaska on Admiralty Island. July 2010.
Bear Family Feed – A mother bear takes the first bite of the salmon she caught for her cubs. Seen July 2004 in the McNeil River in Katmai National Park, Alaska.
Fishing BS Creek – Mark Powers led me to BS Creek on Admiralty Island, which was filled with spawning salmon running through the shallows. Around the second bend he spotted this large brown …
Orcas feeding in the rich waters of Favorite Channel off of Juneau, Alaska. Eagle Glacier looms in the background. August 2011.
Meal With a View – Humpback whales bubble net feeding in a synchronized pod. Led by the alpha, the pd dives below a school of herring, blows bubbles to force the fish to the surface and then …
Alpha Posturing – An Admiralty Island bear menacing two others away from food in the dump in Angoon. The relatively stable balance of two grizzlies taking the tastiest treats from the dump …
Tail Fluke – Humpback whale tail, Inside Passage, Alaska.
Eye Contact Juvenile Humpback – A morning troll through Alaska’s Inside Passage finds a juvenile humpback whale imitating its breaching mother near our fishing boat. This juvenile made eye …
Bubble Feeding Detail – A few loose herring may survive this particular instance of bubble feeding, but this image captures the last moment before consumption for the herring within the mout …
Spotlit Diver – When traveling in small groups, the geometry of humpback whales can get confusing. In the foreground a diving humpback’s fluke obscures another that has risen to the surface …
Convergence – A mature bald eagle watches an upstart immature eagle throw caution to the wind and dive right down to a new fish carcas at low tide. Immature eagles seem far less careful abo …
Waterside – Alert and ever-watchful, a mature bald eagle scours low tide for trapped fish and other breakfast food on Killisnoo Island, Alaska. July 2010.
Feasting on Fish – Immature bald eagles feasting on a newly found fish carcas on a rocky beach at low tide. Killisnoo Island, Alaska, July 2010.
Eagle Abstract – An unusual view of an eagle’s wings straining for lift after skimming discarded fish scraps from the channel in front of the sportfishing operation at Whalers Cove Lodge in …
Surface Dive – When the bi-weekly fish scraps get dumped from the sportfishing operation at Whalers Cove Lodge, the eagles, gulls, and terns all feast on the scraps. Eagles distinctly prefe …
Arriving Flight – A landing eagle appears to do some intricate footwork while landing on a kep-covered rock bordering Admiralty Island in Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Maturing Eagle – Admiralty Island in Alaska’s Inside Passage is home to the highest concentration of bald eagles in North America with estimates at 2,500 nesting pairs. This maturing bird w …
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"River Rock" – Slate outcropping along the Kongakut River, Alaska.
"Rock Portrait II"
"Triangles" – Converging mountainsides on the North Slope of the Brooks Range, Alaska.
"Aerial Mystery" – 69 north latitude along the Kongakut River, Alaska.
"Purple Maze II" – Blueberries, grasses, cushion plants and lichen create a surreal pattern in the Alaska tundra.
"Purple Maze I" – Blueberries, grasses, cushion plants and lichen create a surreal pattern in the Alaska tundra.

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