Category Archives: Forests

Wrangell Mountains – Drum, Wrangell, Zanetti and Sanford

Mt Drum, Mt Wrangell, Mt Zanetti, Mt Sanford, Copper River, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Hey Folks

Here’s what fifty five thousand feet of mountains looks like. From right to left: Mount Drum (12 010′), Mount Wrangell (14 163′), Mount Zanetti (13 009′), and Mount Sanford (16 237′).  This photo is from the northern edge of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, overlooking the Copper River basin. The Wrangell mountains come to life as the sun sinks beneath the horizon. Here’s another photo I took of these mountains a year ago, from much further south and west.

Cheers

Carl

More aspen boles

Aspen boles, abstract photo, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

Here’s another from my aspen boles project. I simply took a long exposure, and slowly moved the camera up and down as the image was exposed. I found I had t be careful to really limit the movement sideways, and keep it as vertical as possible, for a decent photo. It’s fun experimenting with this stuff, I think.

On another note, I might not be able to post too much more. I’m getting ready to buy a snowboard, and may well be unable to move any of my limbs within a few weeks. Pray for me.

Cheers
Carl

Beach near Yakutat, Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Sandy beach at sunset, Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Hey Folks,

I do enjoy the beach. Especially late in the day. This was after I’d returned from the debacle at Icy Bay and was wondering what I’d do with the rest of my time – I wasn’t scheduled to return back to Anchorage for a week, so I tooled around at the beach for a while – that’s usually a pretty good option, I reckon. Especially on days like this.

Cheers

Carl

Clearcutting, Tongass National Forest photos, Alaska

Clearcuts in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska (aerial photo)

Hey Folks,

One reason I really looked forward to getting down to this area was to see the Tongass National Forest. The Tongass is one of the last great forests remaining in the US, and probably the great temperate rainforest of the world (along with the forests of Pumalin and surrounding area, central Patagonia, Chile). I’ll try to write more on the Tongass as I get time.

What this shows is why the expectation is that someone will soon rename the forest, “Tong National Forest” – as clear-cutting and intensive logging continue to literally tear the ass out of the forest.

This kind of stuff is SO destructive, and heartbreaking to see.

Fortunately, much of the clear-cutting is no longer undertaken, and the older cut areas have started to grow back – but to regenerate an ancient forest and all its glory takes centuries.

Cheers

Carl