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  • Barge loaded with cargo makes its way past Ketchikan from Seattle.
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  • Fog shrouds steep cliffs in Southeast Alaska.
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  • Moss covered tree that was logged and continued to grow.
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  • Mendenhall River surrounded by McGinnis Mountain and other peaks.
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  • Totem poles and clan house at Totem Bight Historic Site.
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  • Houses built above Ketchikan Harbor where many cruise ships dock.
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  • Tributary of the Unuk River in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeds on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Logging in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Salmon running in the Thorn River.
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  • Clear cut scrub and bushes begin to cover the hillside.
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  • Sunlight streams though clouds after a storm.
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  • LeConte Glacier is marked by granite peak formations such as Devis Thumb in the background in the Stikine Icefield.<br />
It is one of the few remnants of the once-vast ice sheets that covered much of North America during the Pleistocene, or Ice Age, the epoch lasting from 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago. LeConte covers 2,900 square miles along the crest of the Coastal Mountains that separate Canada and the U.S., extending 120 miles from the Whiting River to the Stikine River in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.<br />
There are over 100,000 glaciers in Alaska and LeConte is the southernmost active tidewater glacier in the northern hemisphere.
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  • Shredded remains of trees are the spoils left after a forest is clear cut on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest. At nearly 17 million acres, the Tongass rainforest is composed of considerable stands of old-growth forest, with some trees more than 800 years old.<br />
Less than 5 percent of the entire Tongass is composed of high-volume old growth.<br />
The biggest and best trees, the biological heart of the rainforest, has been cut—much of it for pulp.
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  • Rays of sunlight pierce the clouds hanging over Sitka Sound and Baranof Island. Southeast Alaska receives about 200 inches of rain a year creating its moody ambiance.
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  • A bunchberry flower framed by ferns.
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  • Spring view in Frederick Law Olmsted's Cherokee Park in Louisville designed in 1891. Flowering cherry trees mark the scenic loop along an open meadow providing a pastoral scene. Cherokee and other Olmsted parks are cared for by Olmsted Parks Conservancy.
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  • Sweeper fish in the waters off of Banta Island.
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  • Hanging cages hold reef fish before transport to China and Hong Kong.
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  • The Allegheny ant Monongahela Rivers converge at the Golden Triangle.
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  • A small community seen from the air is located in the fringes of an estuary along the Lynn Canal part of the Inside Passage. The intertidal or littoral zone in Alaska's Southeast maintains a balance between the land and the sea. The habitat of fresh and salt water is harsh and critical for marine life and birds.
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  • Estuaries seen from the air along the Lynn Canal are shrouded in morning fog. The intertidal or littoral zone maintains a balance between the land and the sea. The shoreline is along the Inside Passage in Alaska's Southeast is a combination of saltwater and freshwater, a hostile environment but a habitat refuge for some species.
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  • Harsh winds blow snow across the craggy peaks of the South Chilkat Mountains, illuminating intense, orange colors of a winter sunset.<br />
The Coastal Range is directly across the Lynn Canal and the Juneau Icefield in southeast Alaska.
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  • In spite of the 200 inches of rain the area receives every year, nearly a million cruise ship passengers visit Alaska, sometimes doubling a town’s population on a summer day. As many as six cruise ships make daily stops - and as many as 500 a year - bringing tourists on the Inside Passage, the route through a network of passages between islands along the coast of Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state. Tourism is Southeast Alaska’s fastest growing industry.<br />
One of the stops in Alaska’s Panhandle is the former logging town of Ketchikan. Travelers can shop for Native art and souvenirs or diamonds in one of many jewelry stores along what was a former red-light district during the Gold Rush.
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  • Store window reflections mirror cruise ships arriving to unload shoppers and sightseers in the former logging town of Ketchikan located in Alaska’s Panhandle. Travelers can shop for Native art and souvenirs or diamonds in one of many jewelry stores along what was a former red-light district during the Gold Rush.
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  • Tapping sugar maple trees to collect sap.
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  • Taku Glacier advances in the Juneau Ice Field.
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  • Admiralty Island in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Clear cut on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • A float plane takes off from the fishing village of Craig on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • A dog lying on his back.
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  • Wood grain and knotholes in red cedar.
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  • Trees in the temperate rainforest grow on a rocky shore.
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  • A fisherman prepares to clean a halibut.
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  • Hoonah Cannery in Tlinigit village on Chichagof Island.
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  • Meadow of blooming fireweed frames Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • A juvenile grizzly bear fishes for salmon at Pack Creek.
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  • Fog shrouds steep cliffs in Southeast Alaska.
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  • Deer crossing an estuary on Chichagof Island.
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  • Queen Annes lace in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Ferns in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Vine maples on forest floor in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Moss covered trees in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Ferns in Tongass National Forest.
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  • McGinnis Mountain in early morning after a fresh snow.
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  • Ice on branches of trees near Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • Fresh snow on mountains overlooking Mendenhall Glacier and Lake.
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  • A luxury spa and overnight inn in the Mendenhall Valley.
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  • Snowfall on evergreen trees.
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  • Ice tunnels and crevices in Mendenhall Glacier.
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  • Ridges in sand at Eagle Harbor at low tide looking west.
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  • Totem pole at Totem Bight Historic Site.
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  • A fisherman unloads his catch of sockeye salmon.
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  • Raw timber logs in a lumberyard.
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  • Houses and boats in harbor of fishing village on Baranof Island.
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  • Boat leaves harbor on Baranof Island in Sitka.
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  • Seaplane over Ketchikan Harbor with one of the many cruise ships.
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  • Barges with containers wait in Ketchikan Harbor.
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  • A brown bear or grizzly bear paw with long claws.
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  • Seaplanes land in the wilderness regions of Alaska.
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  • Tracy Arms, a retreating glacier in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Forest of uncut old growth spruce, hemlock and cedar trees.
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  • Morning fog in Sitka Sound in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Forest floor of old growth trees in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Tlingit totem art in Totem Park of Sitka.
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  • Tlingit totem art in Totem Park of Sitka.
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  • Gray currants are gathered by Tlingit people for subsistence.
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  • Fog lifts over islands in Sitka Sound.
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  • Tlingit weaving in the Chilkat style.
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  • Seiners bring in their catch to Craig Harbor.
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  • A haul of salmon.
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  • Timber is loaded onto barges and taken to a saw mill for processing.
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  • Fishing village of Petersburg with Glaciers of Stikine Ice Fields.
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  • Waterfall of melting ice from glaciers in Stikine icefieds.
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  • Le Conte glacier in Stikine ice fields near Petersburg.
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  • Shrimp ready to boil for a dinner.
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  • Black bear shakes water off head and feeds on salmon in Anan Creek.
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  • Black bear on tree branch in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear climbing tree in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear on tree branch in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeds on salmon in Anan Creek.
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  • Black bear feeding on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeding on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Juvenile black bear in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear feeds on salmon in Anan Creek.
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  • Juvenile black bear feeds on salmon in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Black bear in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Logging truck hauls timber in the Tongass National Forest.
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  • Salmon running in the Thorn River.
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  • Salmon running in the Thorn River
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  • Black bear at Margaret Creek feeding on salmon next to a  fish ladder.
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  • Black bear at Margaret Creek feeding on salmon.
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  • Black bear at Margaret Creek feeding on salmon.
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  • Logs are floated and will be loaded on a ship for export.
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  • Wilderness on south Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Fresh clear cut and logging roads on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • A logging camp on a protected cove in Tongass National Forest.
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  • Logs are floated and will be loaded on a ship for export.
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  • Logging roads through a clear cut on Prince of Wales Island.
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  • Timber is stacked to be processed and loaded onto ships for export.
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