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Misty Fjords National Monument
Located 22 miles from Ketchikan in the Tongass National Forest of Alaska's southern panhandle is one of our country's greatest treasures. At 2.3 million acres, Misty Fjords National Monument is almost four times the size of Rhode Island. It is a land of incredible natural beauty and rugged grandeur characterized by deep fjords, sheer walls of granite rising over 3,000 feet, huge stands of spruce, hemlock and cedar, pristine lakes and snow capped mountain peaks. The fjords and valleys were created by massive glaciers over thousands of years. Accessible only by foot, boat or floatplane this untouched wilderness has no roads, permanent housing or endemic poplation. It was first noted in the journals of British explorer Captain George Vancouver.


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(All photos were taken from a Beaver single engine float-airplane)
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granite wall

 


valley

 


New Eddystone Rock

         


entering the fjords

 


Misty Fjords

 



mountain meadow
 

         


hikers


waterfall


lake chain

   

 

   


calm waters

 


lake and fjord

 


wilderness lake

         


buzzing a lake

 


lake landing

 


mountain and lake

   


 

   

Alaskan Glaciers
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Juneau, Alaska

 


Mendenhall Glacier

 


upper glacier

         


glacial bay

 


glacier and lakes

 


Alaskan icebergs

   

 

   
 


glaciers













 


glacial blocks

 


 

Skagway and Denali National Park
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Skagway, Alaska

 


Lynn Canal

 


Lake Bennett

         


Alaska Pipeline

 


mountain near Denali

 


mountain closeup

         


Denali National Park

 


Denali National Park

 


Denali rainbow

         
 


Denali National Park

 


terminal moraine: Tok, AL

 


 

Alaskan Seascapes
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Inside Passage

 


coastal clouds and mist

 


anchored cruise ship