Monday, October 23, 2006

Photos - Sea to Sky Highway, BC (September 2006)

Suspension bridge over the Fraser River in Lilloet - this was the main auto bridge until about 30 years ago, now just a footbridge from a campground into town


There were some long, steep grades on this route - we took a break to let the brakes cool down

Gearing up for the 2010 Winter Olympics bobsled event at Whistler Village
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Photos - Hyder, AK (September 2006)

Meltwater - Salmon Glacier

Looking down on Salmon Glacier - Canada's 6th largest
Admiring its pinstripes (medial moraines)

Crevasses - Salmon Glacier

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Photos - Hyder, AK/Stewart, BC (September 2006)

Bear Glacier on the Stewart-Hyder Access Road

Chum (dog) salmon choking Fish Creek

Berensen Glacier

A Bowser Valley Glacier (?? - Jeffski, does that look familiar)
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Saturday, October 21, 2006

Photos - Skagway, AK (September 2006)

Cruise ship berthed in Skagway at the head of Lynn Canal

Cable-stayed bridge on South Klondike Hwy

False-front historic building sided in driftwood

Pristine lake en route to Carcross, Yukon Territories
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Photos - Haines, AK (September 2006)

Kayakers on Lynn Canal


Old Fort Seward

Bagging a Pink Salmon at Chilkoot Lake
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Photos - Wrangell - St. Elias Nat'l Park/Chitina (August 2006)

Majestic Mount Drum in Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park
Abandoned fish wheels on Copper River in foreground

Fireweed above the Copper River

Liberty Falls
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Photos - Valdez, AK (August 2006)

Worthington Glacier on the Richardson Highway

Worthington Glacier


Horsetail Falls-Richardson Hwy

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Photos - Seward, AK (August 2006)

Tufted puffin at Alaska Marine Mammal Center

Sea Lion at Marine Mammal Center

A short hike to Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords Nat'l Park

Toe of Exit Glacier
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More Photos - Prince William Sound/Whittier, AK




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More Photos - Prince William Sound/Whittier, AK




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Photos - Prince William Sound/Whittier (August 2006)

One of the 26 tidewater glaciers we saw on our high-speed catamaran cruise on Prince William Sound

Another glacier on College Fjord

Zipping down College Fjord

A raft of sea otters soaking up the sunshine
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