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Alaska ~ Beyond Your Dreams

Alaska Northstar ~ People, Culture, Brilliant Skies, Wilderness and Wildlife

Featured Work

Cruise ships at Skagway, SE Alaska by westozman

Featured 15th November 2009 “Alaska – Beyond Your Dreams” Once seen, Alaska will live in your heart forever: everything about it is beautiful and dramatic, and Nature’s creations are breathtaking. / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-70mm.
Spirit of the Dawn ~ Freedom's Northern Wind ~ This is Alaska! by Sharon Mau

A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) flies over the Johnson River at sunrise in the Alaska Range. This is a composite of three images all taken at the same place at the same time in early morning light at sunrise. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved ~ Freedom’s Northern Wind ~ I. Franconia from the Pemigewasset ~ Once more, O Mountains of the North, / unveil Your brows, and lay your cloudy mantles by And once more, ere the eyes that seek ye fail, / Uplift against the blue walls of the sky Your mighty shapes, / and let the sunshine weave Its golden net-work in your belting woods, Smile down in rainbows from your falling floods, And on your kingly brows at morn and eve / Set crowns of fire! So shall my soul receive Haply the secret of your calm and strength, / Your unforgotten beauty interfuse My common life, / your glorious shapes and hues / And sun-dropped splendors at my bidding come, / Loom vast through dreams, and stretch in billowy length / From the sea-level of my lowland home! They rise before me! / Last night’s thunder-gust / Roared not in vain: for where its lightnings thrust Their tongues of fire, / the great peaks seem so near, / Burned clean of mist, so starkly bold and clear, / I almost pause the wind in the pines to hear, / The loose rock’s fall, the steps of browsing deer. The clouds that shattered on yon slide-worn walls / And splintered on the rocks their spears of rain / Have set in play a thousand waterfalls, / Making the dusk and silence of the woods Glad with the laughter of the chasing floods, / And luminous with blown spray and silver gleams, / While, in the vales below, / the dry-lipped streams Sing to the freshened meadow-lands again. So, let me hope, / the battle-storm that beats The land with hail and fire / may pass away / With its spent thunders at the break of day, / Like last night’s clouds, / and leave, as it retreats, / A greener earth and fairer sky behind, / Blown crystal-clear by Freedom’s Northern wind! ~ Poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier 1862 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Coastal Working Dock ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a photograph of part of the Coastal Working Dock in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The Coastal Ships are as the name of the company refers to Coastwise Ships that bring frozen seafood bound for America.
In The Eyes Of The Beholder...... by Rick & Deb Larson

FEATURED IN AMERICAS ~ RURAL, URBAN, WILD, FREE ON 6-04-2009. © Deb Larson Camera: SONY A900; F-Stop: f/4.5; Exposure: 1/640 sec.; ISO Speed: 400; Focal Length: 200mm. This shot is cropped from the original capture. Bald Eagle, taken in the wild off Homer Spit, in the town of Homer, Alaska on 2-22-2009.
Summit Lake Lodge by Dyle Warren

Location: Moose Pass, Alaska © Dyle Warren 2006
Gutsy Gull by DJ LeMay

Tryin to look like an Eagle!! D90 80-400mm lens / 330mm 1/1600 f/5.3 ISO 320
Last Tow ~ Bering Sea, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a shot of the last tow of the year. I really loved the colors of the sky and the framing of the other ship behind us.
Alaskan Afternoon by dmark3

Art
11:30 PM by Jan Fijolek

Seaplane on Lake Hood. The lake is actualy an aircraft and seaplane base located 5 km southwest of the center of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. This photo was taken at 11:30 PM. I had to wait long time for this sunset. Captured with Nikon D70 Featured in Workshop Camera Club group 20/02/2009 / Featured in Alaska ~ Beyond your Dreams group 13/01/2009 / Featured in Alaska ~ Beyond your Dreams group 15/11/2009
Mountains and sea - sunset & alpineglow by cascoly

Mountains and sea – sunset & alpineglow, Lynn Canal, Alaska
Reflections On Ice by Rick & Deb Larson

© Deb Larson Camera: SONY A100; F-Stop: f/4.5; Exposure: 1/13 sec.; ISO-Speed: 200; Focal Length: 55mm. Sunrise reflected on Wasilla Lake, Wasilla, Alaska

Recent Work

Descent ~ Bald Eagle ~ by lanebrain photography

This Bald Eagle was descending when I captured it recently on the commercial fishing vessel that I work aboard in the Bering Sea, Alaska. I just thought this shot was pretty neat. Hope you all enjoy it as well.
Incoming ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

When I see this picture It makes me smile. I originally was not going to put this up but something about it is still making me smile so I thought I would share this with you all. Hope you enjoy this as much as I do….just a goofy looking bird.
Autumn in Anchorage by Ken Marsh

The fall colors surrounding Anchorage, Alaska, are vibrant in late September.
Screeching Eagle ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a shot of a young eagle that I caught screeching on the deck of the commercial fishing vessel that I work on in the Bering Sea, Alaska.
First Kiss ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

Here are two Kittwinks that look as if it is going to be their first kiss. I captured this while aboard the commercial fishing vessel that I work aboard in the Bering Sea, Alaska out of the Port of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
In Flight ~ Bald Eagle ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a Bald Eagle that I recently photographed as it was flying over my head. I took this in Dutch Harbor, Alaska where I commercially fish out of.
Bald Eagle ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a shot of a Bald Eagle that I took when he landed on the boat that I commercially fish on out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. I like this one alot because he is above me. It is a little creepy getting close to them when they are above you. They attacked several people this year in Dutch Harbor. I guess they know not to bite the hand that feeds them though! Ha! Ha!
The Grand & The Mighty by Barbara Burkhardt

Feature Image – Black & White Photographer’s Showcase A Bald Eagle takes on the vastness and beauty of the Alaskan landscape Homer – Alaska USA Nikon D90 / Nikkor liens 70-300 My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. / All photographs in this portfolio are owned and copyright / © Barbara Burkhardt. / Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from ourselves is prohibited. All rights reserved. For license fees please contact me by email at pictureperfectaust@yahoo.com.au
Stairway to Heaven ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a shot of the Russian Orthadox Cemetary in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Actually it is in Unalaska, Alaska but it is just across the bridge. It is the oldest Russian Orthadox Cemetary in Alaska.
The Spit ~ Dutch Harbor, Alaska ~ by lanebrain photography

This is a shot of the Dutch Harbor Spit that I took while steaming out for another trip this summer. I capturted this off of the commercial fishing vessel that I work aboard out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Seagulls by lanebrain photography

I captured this photo of a group of seagulls following the fishing boat that I work on in Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

About This Group

Featuring the majestic beauty of Alaska and travel highlights with images of the vast pristine wilderness, wonderful people, diverse culture, amazing wildlife and the beautiful native arts and crafts of the First Nations tribes.

Alaska is not bordered by another state. Alaska has more coastline than all the other U.S. states combined. It is the only non-contiguous U.S. state on continental North America; about 500 miles (800 km) of Canada separate Alaska from Washington State. Alaska is thus an exclave of the United States. It is technically part of the continental U.S., but is often not included in colloquial use. Alaska is not part of the contiguous United States, which is often called “The Lower 48“

Juneau, Alaska’s capital city, though located on the mainland of the North American continent, is inaccessible by land. No roads connect Juneau to the rest of the North American highway system.

The state is bordered by the Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada, to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.

Alaska is the largest state in the United States in land area at 570,380 square miles (1,477,277 km2). It is larger than all but 18 sovereign countries.

In 1971 Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which settled land and financial claims and provided for the establishment of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations to administer those claims. Similar to the status of the Canadian Inuit and First Nations, which are recognized as distinct peoples, Alaska Natives are in some respects treated separately from Native Americans in the United States.

Cultures
Below is a full list of the different Alaska Native cultures. Within each culture are many different First Nation Tribes.

Athabascan
Ahtna
Deg Hit’an
Dena’ina
Gwich’in
Hän
Holikachuk
Kolchan
Koyukon
Lower Tanana
Tanacross
Upper Tanana
Eyak
Haida
Tlingit
Tsimshian
Eskimo
Inupiat (an Inuit people)
Yupik
Siberian Yupik
Yup’ik
Cup’ik
Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
Chugach
Koniag
Aleut (in their own language they refer to themselves as Unangan)

Natives are a majority in approximately 176 villages and small cities and are a substantial part of the population in over 200 communities.

Alaska’s southeastern panhandle is the traditional territory of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Indian tribes.

Natives constitute 70 percent of the population of these villages (and their surrounding areas) which stretch the length of the panhandle from Yakutat in the north to Metlakatla in the south.

List of Alaska Native Tribal Entities

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