Spotted Lake, near Osoyoos, BC, Canada
Tied down at Mackenzie
Aeroplane Lake, south of Watson Lake
Also headed to Alaska
Cassiar Mountains, west of Watson Lake
Gloomy at Braeburn Lake, north of Whitehorse
Dawson City: Arctic Skipper
Dawson City: This juvenile Canada Jay was really annoyed by its reflection
Dawson City: This Canada Jay played decoy so its buddy could steal my sandwich
Dawson City: Tombstone Mountain is the bump in the far distance
Dawson City General Store
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Dawson City: Met a French family that just finished a 2 year driving tour from Ushuaia to Tuktoyaktuk
Dawson City: Fruits of my gold panning experience
Top of the World Hwy border crossing
Fish River estuary, about 60 miles east of Nome
Nome: A very protective Short-billed Gull
Nome: Short-billed Gull chicks
Over Wales: I saw Russia from my plane! Diomedes Islands (foreground), Russian mainland (background)
Nome: These ptarmigans were creeping slowly across the road... because moving slow meant they wouldn't be seen?
Nome: A beaver
Nome: Tundra Swans with cygnets
Nome: Rough-legged Hawk checking me out
Nome: Long-tailed Jaeger
Nome: Pacific Golden-plover
Nome: Muskox
Nome: Plover chicks always remind me of 2 legged AT-ATs
Nome: This moose was in a real hurry to get somewhere
Nome: This Explorer is no longer exploring
Nome: Common Eider with chicks
Walrus haulout at Round Island
Wildman Lodge
Cape Seniavin: Black-legged Kittiwakes with a chick
Cape Seniavin: Common Murres
Cape Seniavin: Walrus
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A brief altercation
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Ilnik Lake: Caribou
Ilnik Lake: Bear with 2 cubs
Mt Veniaminoff
Planeside service coming off the charter from Wildman
Kodiak
Ouzinkie Airport: A literal tiedown anchor!
Kodiak Island: First time seeing a whale breach!
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Kodiak Island: Also first time seeing a mink
King Salmon: Short-eared Owl
Brooks Lodge: Bears... lots of bears...
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Of course I had to try to replicate Mangelsen's famous photo
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Seems content
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Common Merganser chicks
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Sockeye Salmon
A bear right in front of our cabin
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Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Best look I've had at a wild wolf
Salmon were popping like popcorn this evening
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Final approach at Valdez
Glacier Bay: Tufted Puffin
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Glacier Bay: Sea otters
Glacier Bay: Peregrine Falcon
Johns Hopkins Glacier
Glacier Bay: This otter had a crab
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Glacier Bay: On the Forest Loop Trail
Skagway: A bit of perspective
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On the White Pass and Yukon Railway
Mendenhall Glacier
Potential hazards of flying low over the water
Inverse contrails
Reconstructing Mt. St. Helens with Mt. Rainier