Alaska Spring 05

Winter Photography Adventure Travel in British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska

Canadian and Alaska Adventure Travel

This winter adventure trip took us from our new home, the wilderness community of Port McNeill on Vancouver Island, British Columbia all the way north to Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. On this trip which turned out to be real adventure travel, we drove close to 15,000 kms over a period of over four weeks.

At times our adrenalin levels peaked at 120% as we drove along ice roads, got caught between snow drifts for hours on a remote arctic highway, and regulary slept in a pickup truck with only a standard canopy in -45 degree temperatures.

These challenges were rewarded by the beautiful winter scenery accompanied by the Northern Lights, and the extremely diverse and well adapted wildlife that dwell in this harsh environment. We were rewarded with sightings of caribou, dall sheep, moose, buffalo, lynx, eagles, arctic foxes and more.

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American Eagle A powerful bird of prey, the American Eagle is well adapted for hunting.	Symbols Of Peace Stock Photo of an american bald eagle sitting in light snowfall, a symbol of peace.	Aurora Borealis Watching The Yukon Territories of Canada are a great place for aurora borealis watching
Aurora Borealis Lights Traveling north on the Dempster Highway is rewarding for those wanting to see the aurora borealis lights in the Yukon Canada.	Aurora Adventure The northern part of Canada is a great place to see the magic Northern Lights, also known as Aurora borealis - to see them is always like a big adventure.	Endangered Birds Stock photo of Endangered Birds
Peace Symbols Stock photo of Peace Symbols, a proud bald eagle sitting during a winter snow storm on the beach.	Snow Footprints Lonely footprints in fresh winter snow in the canadian arctic of the Yukon Territory in northern Canada.	Christmas Cards A perfect Christmas shot for a beautiful and very unique Christmas card, photographed in winter in northern Alaska.
Aurora Dempster Northern lights dancing above the Dempster Highway in the Yukon in northwestern Canada.	Eagles Birds Funny picture of Bald Eagles birds sitting on driftwood along the beach.	Spread Eagle An graceful bald eagle with wings spread wide, swoops in close to the water to catch a fish near the surface.
Road Pictures The James Dalton Highway, a gravel road frozen in winter, winds through the snow capped mountains of the Brooks Range in Alaska's arctic.	Yukon Alaska A classic nature and adventure travel destination is the Yukon Territory in Northern Canada.	Winter Arts Simple but beautiful winter background picture.
Stone Men	Snow Storm A cold snow storm in northern Alaska with ice crystlas in the air.	Magnetic Storms A unique sky display are magnetic storms, also called Northern Lights
Landscape Photography Winter Hills and snow capped mountain landscape in the high arctic of Alaska north of Atigun Pass.	Christmas Lights This beautiful scene had two types of christmas lights, one set on the tree and one in the sky.	Aurora Yukon A green aurora borealis above the Dempster Highway in Northern Yukon, Canada
Arctic Pipeline	Bald Eagle Pics Stock of Bald Eagle Pics	Northern Light Northern lights are best for viewing in fall and spring.
Birds Of Prey The majestic American Bald Eagle is a bird of prey found in North America.	Yukon Territory	Yukon Winter A photographer is taking a picture of the Tombstone Mountain Valley in the Yukon, Canada
Yukon Winter	Young Husky	Yukon Sunset
Winter Sun Caribou Almost silhouetted by the evening winter sun, a small herd of Caribou graze in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.	Young Bald Eagle Alert and ready, this young immature bald eagle is ready to fend for itself.	Young Eagle A young eagle perches in a parking lot on Homer Spit, Alaska.
Winter Vacation Snow drifts and ripples in the snow in a Alaska winter scene	Winter Vacations	Winter Sunset
Winter Travel Roads	Winter Trees	Winter Trees
Winter Sunset	Winter Travel	Winter Travels