ALASKA — For a few days, we thought our views of Alaskan wildlife might be the mosquito on the sidewalk in Anchorage, the crazed woman standing on the side of the Parks Highway menacingly cradling a rock in her hand and a moose of uncertain gender and size that we spotted from the seat of… Continue reading Wildlife In Alaska Often Surprising
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Friday File: Why Wildlife Is A Winner
Have you ever noticed that the best TV commercials, even the ones on Super Bowl Sunday, often feature animals? For whatever reason, any kind of wildlife captures our imaginations, or at least our camera lens, and that’s why among the thousands of pictures we’ve taken while on cruises, so many of them are of a… Continue reading Friday File: Why Wildlife Is A Winner
Alaska Adventure: One Last Time
Remembrances from and suggestions for spending two weeks in the 48th state… Be on the lookout for nature even when you least expect it. These two pigeons we spotted on the docks where the float planes are moored in Juneau. At first we thought it was rather cute to see a couple of pigeons’ kissing…and… Continue reading Alaska Adventure: One Last Time
Moose Overboard in Alaska Waters
ON THE CORAL PRINCESS — Her name is Boujke Bijlsma and one morning at 6 a.m. she was sitting in her office on the Coral Princess. She looked out the window onto the waters of Alaska and there, swimming furiously, was a moose. She watched for a few seconds, then turned back to her deskwork.… Continue reading Moose Overboard in Alaska Waters
Alaska Wildlife Thrills EVERYONE
Many moons ago, a young woman named Adele was part of our wedding party. She was from a “taxidermy family” that for years operated a business preparing animals to hang on the walls of family rooms and dens. A few years later, she took her mother to Alaska. It was the first trip for both… Continue reading Alaska Wildlife Thrills EVERYONE