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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Bald Eagle	Eagle Portrait A majestic bald eagle, a symbol of freedom, poses for a portrait picture in the town of Homer, Alaska.	Funny Eagle Standing on the pebbly beach on Homer Spit, this funny eagle looked like it was enjoying the feel of the wind.
Soaring Eagle	Bald Eagle Image	Bald Eagle Photo
Bald Eagle Portrait	Aurora Sky A Curtain of Northern Lights almost touch the Yukon Mountains.	Bald Eagle Raptor
Aurora Highway	Alaska James Dalton	Aurora Photo Workshop
Northern Lights Canada	Aurora Dempster	Aurora Borealis Yukon A spectacular sight while traveling the Dempster Highway is the aurora borealis in Canadas Yukon.
Aurora Borealis Photo The lovely nuances of colour in the Mountains and the Aurora Borealis over the Yukon is a delight to the eyes.	Aurora Borealis Photos	Aurora Borealis Vacations Aurora borealis dancing over snowcapped mountains on a Yukon vacation, Canada.
Aurora Borealis	Aurora Borealis Arctic	Aurora Borealis Photography People watching the Aurora Borealis on an Alaskan night.
Aurora Borealis Canada The curtain of the Aurora Borealis cannot hide the stars in the sky looking down on the trees along the Alaska Highway.	Aurora Borealis	Arctic Pictures The Lights on the James Dalton Highway cannot compare with the muted hues of the Northern Lights
Arctic Roads	Arctic Circle Yukon Canada	Arctic Inukshuk
Arctic Phenomenon	Arctic Circle	Arctic Circle Dempster
Arctic Circle Yukon	Animal Tracks	Animals Sheep
Arctic Caribous The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is home of Rangifer Tarandus or Arctic Caribous	Animal Pictures	Animal Sheep
Animal Track	Animal Caribou	Animal Footprints The Alaskan arctic is a paradise for animals, footprints can be found almost everywhere.
Animal Picture	Alcan Highway	Alces Alces