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Berries near Portage, AK
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Beluga Whale Sculpture - Beluga Point, AK
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Flowers near Glacier Creek, AK
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Flowers near Portage, AK
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Float Plane - Anchorage Airport, AK
Several planes were practicing take-off and landing manuvers.
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Black Bear Cubs - Big Game Alaska
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Elk, Young Male - Big Game Alaska
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Elk, Male - Big Game Alaska
This one picked up the stick and played with it in his antlers for a while before letting it go.
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Black-tailed Sitka Deer, Fawn and Doe - Big Game Alaska
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Black-tailed Sitka Doe - Big Game Alaska
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Black-tailed Sitka Deer - Big Game Alaska
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Black-tailed Sitka Deer, Male - Big Game Alaska
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Musk Ox - Big Game Alaska
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Elk - Big Game Alaska
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Remains of 1964 Alaska Earthquake - Big Game Alaska
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Two Male Caribou Tussling - Big Game Alaska
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Caribou, Male - Big Game Alaska
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Caribou, close-up of velvet - Big Game Alaska
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Bald Eagle - Seward, AK
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Sea Otter - Kenai Fjords, AK
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Sea Otter - Kenai Fjords, AK
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Common Murres - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Puffin in Flight - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Glacous Gull - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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(?) Gull - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Tufted Puffin with Herring - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Comorants and Gulls - Chiswell Islands, AK
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Raft of Sea Otters - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Sea Otter - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Aialik Inlet
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Aialik Glacier
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Aialik Glacier, Calving
The sound the ice makes as it hits the water is immense!
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Harbor Seals on Glacial Ice - Aialik Glacier
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Two Gulls - Aialik Glacier
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Harbor Seals on Glacial Ice - Aialik Glacier
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Aialik Glacial Ice Field
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Harbor Seals - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Steller Sea Lions - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Humpback Fluke - near Chiswell Islands, AK
We knew there were whales in the area. We saw one breach in front of the boat, but no one caught it on film.
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Sea Otter - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Horned Puffin - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Tufted Puffin - near Chiswell Islands, AK
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Termination Dust - from Denali Highway
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Mt. McKinley (Denali) - from Denali Highway
South Face is to the left, North to the right.
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Mt. McKinley (Denali) - from Denali Highway
South Face is to the left, North to the right.
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Willow Ptarmigan (female) - Denali National Park, AK
This is the state bird of Alaska.
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Our Picnic Lunch on the way into Denali
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Our Picnic Lunch on the way into Denali
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Polychrome Pass - Denali National Park, AK
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Polychrome Pass - Denali National Park, AK
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Trumpeter Swans on Wonder Lake - Denali National Park, AK
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Trumpeter Swans on Wonder Lake - Denali National Park, AK
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Foothills - Denali National Park, AK
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Ansel Adams Point @ Wonder Lake - Denali National Park, AK
That's Carolyn Wright taking pictures.
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Gray Jay at Wonder Lake Campground - Denali National Park, AK
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Male Caribou Shedding Velvet - Denali National Park, AK
Steve set up his tripod and 600mm f/4 lens at the front of the bus, and we all attached our camera bodies to get this shot.
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Moose Cow - Denali National Park, AK
She kept dunking her head in the water and coming out. She was in the same pond two nights in a row.
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Beaver Lodge at Kettle Ponds - Denali National Park, AK
Can you spot the beaver?
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Caribou Herd - Denali National Park, AK
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Arctic Ground Squirrel - Denali National Park, AK
This one kept trying to drag its dead buddy into a hole in side of the road, out of view of flying predators.
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Arctic Ground Squirrel - Denali National Park, AK
Trying to drag his dead buddy away.
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Arctic Ground Squirrel - Denali National Park, AK
Trying to drag his dead buddy away.
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Grizzly Bear - Denali National Park, AK
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Grizzly Bear - Denali National Park, AK
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Beaver Lodge at Kettle Ponds - Denali National Park, AK
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Beaver at Kettle Ponds - Denali National Park, AK
I was the only one in the right spot to get this shot. Rookie mistake!
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Caribou (young male) - Denali National Park, AK
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Willow Ptarmigan (male) - Denali National Park, AK
The males have an orange ring around the eye.
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Willow Ptarmigan - Denali National Park, AK
Notice how well it's camouflaged!
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Caribou, Male - Denali National Park, AK
This was one of a group of four. Several of us in the group kept creeping up on it.
Those in the very front got some great shots as the caribou crept up on THEM!
The red vegitation is bear berry that was getting its autumn color.

Carol and I visited Alaska from August 16-27, 2005. We traveled with the Olympic Mountain School of Photography. Travel was arranged through Alaska Photo Tours.

You can get an idea of our itinerary here.

Some places we stopped/visited:

Big Game Alaska
Kenai Fjords National Park
Denali River Cabins
Denali National Park and Preserve
Camp Denali

Some of the species we saw:

Big Game Alaska

Kenai Fjords area (Aialik Bay)

Denali National Park

For this trip, I purchased a Canon EOS 20D digital SLR and a Sigma APO 80-400mm F4.5-5.6 EX OS (Optical Stabilizer) lens. This is the first time I have shot with Canon, and the first time without film! And the first time (for me) in a teaching environment.