"The question is not whether we must save the natural scene, but how we may accomplish it." -- Ansel Adams.
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"The total freedom and solitude of the wilderness is embossed into the human spirit. Our own passion for freedom echoes the natural world, its unbridled beauty, enduring reality, and its ever-changing presence. The preservation of wild places is imperative to our connection with our deeper selves. The human spirit, whether in melancholy or in exhultation, NEEDS the natural world, the freedom of the wilderness." - Carl Donohue.
These Alaska landscape images were taken during my hiking, backpacking and travel trips al over Alaska: Denali National Park photos, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park photos, the Chugach Mountains and the Kenai Peninsula, to the northern reaches of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR photos), Alaska.
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Lupine bloom at Icy bay, and Mt. St. Elias photo, at 18 008', towers above us all. Icy Bay trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Fresh snow covers the Wrangell Mountains, and a reflection in this alpine tarn. Hidden Creek Trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Sunset over an unnamed peak in the Chugach mountains. Bremner Mines to Tebay Lakes trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
An aurora borealis photo, or northern lights, over Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
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Shublik Mountains and Alaska Cottongrass at the end of the Brooks Mountain Range. Landscape photo of Canning River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge trip, ANWR, Alaska. |
Fall colors in the Chugach Mountains. Ross Green Lake basecamp trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Skolai Pass Phototour, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
"The Mountain", Mt McKinley, or "Denali". Denali National Park and Preserve landscape photo, Alaska. |
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Skolai Pass landscape Photo tour and Skolai to Wolverine Trips, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
A tiny little waterfall glows in the soft evening light of the Brooks Mountain Range. Canning River Trip, ANWR, Alaska. |
A perfect reflection of sunrise over Mount Jarvis. Mt Jarvis exploratory trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Preceding the goat Trail, the Chitistone Valley. Skolai pass to Wolverine trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
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Charlie looks out over Monahan Creek on the Iceberg Lake to Bremner Mines trip. Seven Pass Route, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Carl hiking up Hidden Creek drainage on beautiful Fall day. Hidden Creek trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Alpine Reflections. The Wrangell Mountains with fresh snow and sunny skies! Hidden Creek trip, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
Mt Churchill and Mt. Bona, the Russell Glacier, and Fall color. Skolai Pass Photo tour, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
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Sunset at Hole in the Wall, Skolai Pass. Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
A beaver pond in the Chugach National Forest. Resurrection Pass Trail trip, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. |
Winter in the Wrangells. Snow covers this small willow sapling. Wrangell Mountains, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |
A waterfall that empties into Hidden Creek. Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska. |