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Denali National Park, Alaska
Here’s the three-minute overview in video form: Why it’s Amazing Two words: Park Rangers. They have set up a system that is very successful at protecting the wildlife and the ecology of Denali. Although there is ...
Whittier-Portage and the Ghost Forest
From Valdez, Alaska, we put our 23-foot Sprinter on the Alaska Ferry, and sailed across the Prince William Sound, saving us hours of driving. Whittier, a port of call for some Alaska-bound cruises is accessible only ...
Surreal Alaska
Deena commented that my edited photos look “somewhat” surreal. True. The photos below were taken early in our Alaska tenure, and the surreal landscape is what my photographer’s eye saw. We drove into snowy peaks above ...
Alaska’s Kennecott Mine
The Kennecott Mine was once the richest copper mine in the world. It was depleted of profitable ore and finally abandoned in 1938. The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, created in 1980, includes the remains ...