Seward . . . Alaska Marine Science Center . . .

A nice bird area . . .













Murre . . . flys better under water than in the air!













Sea Lion . . . basking in the sun . . .










Actually outside of AMSC . . .













River Otter . . .













Puffins . . .

Seward . . . Exit Glacier . . .

Looking back from the Glacier down the braided river . . .











Trail to the Glacier access point . . .















Toe of Exit Glacier













Part of the walkway up to the glacier access point














A pause on the way up to the Glacier access point . . . and the ice field beyond . . . Harding Icefield










Parking lot . . . even the dirty car tagging is different in Alaska! . . .

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center . . .

Bald Eagle . . . suffered the loss of his left wing . . .











Prairie Bison . . .




























Male Grizzly bear . . . sibling in the background













Porcupine . . .











More of fluffy . . . the cute little trapezoidal beast . . . one of Jo's favorites.












a face only . . .













Turnigan Arm to the Kenai Range . . .













An orphaned Musk Ox . . . cute little cube . . .














Reintroducing . . . wood Bison














Orphaned cub that can no longer be in the wild . . .














Another reintroduction effort . . . Elk











A few of the earthquake trees . . .












Nope, this isn't Canada, but the snow sure looks like a maple leaf!

My backyard . . . salmon in the creek, swimmers in the fishing hole . . .



Yes, a beaver family and he is a busy one!












A little family that has been fun to watch . . .











They lost thier mother, but they continue to do well . . .

Anchorage Zoo . . . cool to cold weather critters!

Dal Sheep . . .












Black Bear . . .












Porcupine . . .













The Male Polar Bear . . .













Tiger . . .

Anchorage, Devil's Gorge, Delani . . . more . . .

Susitna River at Devil's Gorge . . .












Sled dogs . . .













Caribou . . . if they were tame, they would be reindeer . . .













Wolf . . .













Golden Eagle . . .



























Chugach Mountains, out my window . . .












Mt. McKinley/Denali . . . typical view . . .
about 180 miles away in the Alaska Range.

Whittier, Prince William Sound, AK

U.S. Army facilities . . . long since abandoned and/or taken over by others . . . under a nice water fall from the glacier . . .













Glaciers up to the ice field













Out across Prince William Sound . . .














The Whittier side of the 2 1/2 mile single lane train/vehicle tunnel . . .













Anchorage Zoo - Grizzly














She was fun to watch . . .












The female Polar bear . . .













The river otter . . .