Southeast Alaska

Southeast Alaska

Eldred Rock Light in Lynn Canal.

A view from the hiking trail up to Mount Roberts, overlooking the inlet to Juneau, Alaska.

An overview of Sitka, Alaska, including the domed St. Michael's Cathedral at center, originally built

 in 1848 by the Russian Orthodox Church when Sitka was the capital of Russian America.

A humpback whale sends up spray while surfacing to breathe in Frederick Sound.

An aerial view of Taku Glacier near Juneau.

Snow falls on two perched bald eagles in Haines, Alaska.

Looking down Creek Street, immediately outside of Ketchikan's downtown, near the mouth of Ketchikan Creek.

A sea lion pops its head out of the water next to a buoy crowded with other sea lions near Sitka on April, 7, 2018.

 In the background is Mount Edgecumbe.

LeConte glacier is a popular destination, with operators from nearby Petersburg and Wrangell running excursions to its calving face.

A brown bear among weathered old pilings in southeast Alaska.

A port area on the outskirts of Ketchikan.

Johns Hopkins Glacier is a 12-mile-long (19 km) glacier located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

 It begins on the east slopes of Lituya Mountain and Mount Salisbury, and flows west to the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet.

A meadow in full bloom with Fireweed wildflowers near Juneau.

A mother and baby sea otter in calm waters in southeast Alaska.

A cruise ship sits docked in Skagway as passengers tour the town on July 29, 2014. 

Small islands and a view across the Lynn Canal, north of Juneau, not far from the northern end of the road. 

Juneau is still currently accessible only by air or sea. 

The White Pass and Yukon Route, a restored historic railway connecting Skagway's port to Carcross and Whitehorse

 in Canada's Yukon Territory. 

A glacier ice cave found near Juneau.

Two young moose stand on the beach of the Chilkat River near Haines.

A humpback whale raises its tail while diving in Frederick Sound on a summer morning.

Tourists at Mendenhall Glacier in the Tongass National Forest are reflected in a pool of water as they make their way 

to Nugget Falls on July 31, 2013, in Juneau.

A close view in Glacier Bay National Park.

An aerial view of Lituya Bay with the Mt. Fairweather range in the background.

Aerial shot of seals hauled up on icebergs. 

Moss and trees in a rainforest near Juneau.