JFM Photography

Whale tails are massive & grow up to 18 feet (5.5 m) wide. Flukes move up & down to propel the whale through the water. They surface every 15 to 30 minutes for air & “fluke” their tales as they dive again. Misty Fiords National Monument, Ketchikan, Alaska

(This, in both color & B&W, took 1st place and best in show in March 2020)

The Juneau Icefield's most visible ambassador, 13-mile long Mendenhall Glacier ends at Mendenhall Lake. The glacier has retreated 1.75 miles (2.82 km) since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. Juneau, Alaska

The Juneau Icefield's most visible ambassador, 13-mile long Mendenhall Glacier ends at Mendenhall Lake. The glacier has retreated 1.75 miles (2.82 km) since 1929, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. Juneau, Alaska

(This is both in color and B&W that got a honorable Mention)

The chunks of blue-tinted ice that splash into the sea from Alaska's calving tidewater glaciers make for dramatic images, but far more meltwater is flowing into the ocean from Alaska's mountain and inland glaciers, a new study has found. In all, Alaska's melting glaciers are losing 75 billion tons of ice a year. Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, is compressed, & becomes part of the glacier. Air bubbles are squeezed out & ice crystals enlarge, making the ice appear blue. Juneau, Alaska

Catching salmon at the Fish Weir Haines Alaska - Chilkoot River. They have access to coastal food resources like salmon. Grizzly bears live further inland and typically do not have access to marine-derived food resources. A fish weir blocks the fish migrations up stream to monitor & do a visual count of “the total sockeye escapement fish” with a controlled release/opening.

Walking along the Chilkoot River through fire weed Haines Alaska. “Speedy 2” is a three-year-old female. Fireweed is native throughout temporal North America (subalpine zone). Fireweed is a perennial flower that belongs to the willowherb family. The name fireweed stems from its ability to colonize areas burned by fire rapidly.