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To see the sea

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Massive storm surge raises the high tide and creates crashing waves along the coast of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The sun breaks through right at sunset and provides some spectacular light.
Massive storm surge raises the high tide and creates crashing waves along the coast of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The sun breaks through right at sunset and provides some spectacular light. Please click on the image above to view a larger version of this photo.

Hey Folks,

Why do we stare at the sea?

Cheers

Carl

Fun and Games

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Hey Folks,

While I enjoy a few more days in the mountains, you might enjoy this. OK, so it’s not the typical blog post on a photographers’ website .. that’s a good thing, no? A friend dared me I would NOT put this on my blog … I can’t imagine why.

All I ask is that you turn it up .. loud.

Cheers

Carl

An Alaskan Icon – Wal-Mike’s

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Wal-Mike's, Trapper Creek, Alaska.

Wal-Mike’s run down store of all things, Trapper Creek, on the Parks highway, winter, Alaska. Click on the thumbnail above to view a larger version of this photo.

Hey Folks,

Here’s a photo I took this past week on a thwarted trip north to photograph Denali. I’d hoped for a nice clear morning and view of the grand old mountain with some nice alpenglow, but a low lying fog settled in the river valley overnight, and I couldn’t see much of anything until well after sunup. Kind of a bummer after spending a night in my bag at 0?.

So I packed up and headed back south, towards the warmth of a shower. Along the way, I drove past Wal-Mike’s, a place I’d driven by many times and always thought to myself ‘I gotta shoot that sometime’. Well, friday was ‘sometime’, so I went for it. Mike was around, but fortunately used to photographers, I suppose. He didn’t come out with a sawn-off shotgun, as I suspected, and I was able to take a few photos and scurry on before any drama unfolded.

I must admit, I was a little uneasy standing around taking photos with all the ‘Joe Miller for US Senate’ signs in the area, but no one bothered me, and I escaped without any trouble.

I must admit, the name of the store is pretty clever.

Cheers

Carl

Wolverine, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

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Wolverine Skull, NPS Visitors Center, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

I think Ron Niebrugge owes me dinner – don’t you? I’ve been stalking this here Wolverine for a couple of years now, and every time I’ve spotted him, I had left my camera behind  this time I was ready, and after years of hard work, I finally photographed a wolverine.

National Park Visitor’s Center, Kennecott, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Cheers

Carl

Snowbank in Black and White

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A snowbank in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, winter, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

Here’s an image I made in January. I’d not had a good morning, hoping for some alpenglow on Mount Blackburn, but was thwarted by an unscrupulous cloudbank. But, I figure I may as well enjoy the mountain morning, right? So I wandered around a bit, soaking up the quiet. There’s nothing quite so silent as a winter dawn in Alaska. I found this little snowbank and thought it might by a good photo study, particularly once the sun a crested nearby ridge. Maybe two hours later the sun peaked it’s nose over the ridge south of me, Continue reading →

Cold Feet

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Hiker, barefoot, in winter, frozen lake, Mt. Sanford, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

Life has a way, all too often, of providing us with little (or large) lessons on what we need to work on. Communication is something that all of us frequently do poorly, and here’s a good example of that, and how it can mess up your day. I’m usually pretty good about seeking advice from those who know better than me (my father will disagree, I’m sure). So when I first came to AK, I asked my good and trusted friend Ron Niebrugge for some advice. Continue reading →

Test

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Lynx trap set, compact disc hanging from branch, winter, Wrangell St. Elias National park, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

OK, here’s a test; What’s going on in this photo? This is a boreal spruce forest setting, winter, and there’s some flagging hanging from the branches, and a Compact Disc is hanging in between the flagging. In the middle of the woods, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Anyone?

Here’s a closer look.

Lynx trap set, compact disc hanging from branch, winter, Wrangell St. Elias National park, Alaska.

Cheers

Carl

Rebecca – or is it Deb?

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Rebecca’s Ponytail

hey Folks,

Anyone see Napoleon Dynamite? Do you remember Deb, the girl with ponytail on the side? 5th picture down on this page (gone); we convinced Rebecca on our Iceberg Lake to Bremner Mines trip to wear her hair on the side too – she wasn’t convinced it would look so good, but as usual, the guide knew best. Whaddaya think?

Cheers

Carl

Bandaid

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band aid in the backcountry, Alaska.

So you see here how to treat life-threatening wounds in the backcountry – with a band aid …. NOT!!!

🙂

Sergei’s new nickname on this trip is ‘bandaid’ – for any ailment, broken skin or not, he requested, and was given, bandaids. For a small cut on his thumb, a bandaid. For a blister, a bandaid. For a headache, a bandaid. For a sinus infection, a bandaid. For hunger, bandaids.

Bandaid will be coming back in 2009 for another trip, and I’m sure Johnson & Johnson are glad to hear that. 🙂

Cheers

Carl