In the summer of 2000 my wife Bettine and I spent a month traveling around Alaska. Hardly enough time to scratch the surface of such a grand state but even that surface has many wonders.
During the trip I enthusiastically photographed all I could, mostly the landscape but also some of the wild life and people. From those photographs I have put together this show.
I have arranged this show in a loosely chronological order, showing a few of the photogenic scenes that we were fortunate to see. I have also included a few photographs of amusing incidents, interesting scenes typical or perhaps atypical of Alaska, animals and personal interest that the general viewer may enjoy.
We flew by commercial airline to Fairbanks and then, for the next part of the trip, we traveled with Bettine's cousin, Gerard Swartz and his wife Peggy. Gerard and Peggy have lived in Alaska for over 45 years, he is a retired professor of Biology from the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and they know Alaska well. We traveled with them by RV south to Valdez and west to Seward. They also flew us in their small plane as far north as the Yukon River.
Bettine and I left Fairbanks by train, and then bus, into Denalli National Park where we spent 3 days, mostly walking but also an hour of the most spectacular flying, flightseeing, around Mt. McKinley.
Next we went by bus and train and airplane to Juno Alaska where we met a boat, the Sea Bird, for a wet but wonderful week on the inside passage.
I hope you too will enjoy the trip, just click ENTER to start.

For loads of information about Alaska try this site Alaska HQ Resource Directory