Alaska - July 4 - Seward Bear Creek - Part I
Salmon farm at Bear Creek in Seward on July 4, 2008 - Part I
GW's August 2017 Alaska Road Trip
Don't miss the cute arctic ground squirrel at the beginning of this video, the mama grizzly bear and her 2 cubs @ 9:06, the cute little short-tailed weasel @ 29:01, salmon leaping up Bear Creek Weir @ 31:12, our catching HUGE silver salmon in the Lower Kenai River @ 39:35, and the 3 jumbo jets landing a mere 200 feet above my head at Anchorage International Airport @ 51:59! Enjoy! :-)
0:00 Arctic ground squirrel on the Savage Alpine Trail in Denali National Park (DNP)
0:27 Ranger Riley narrates a sled dog demo at DNP
5:20 Shuttle bus driver Will explains details of our trip to the DNP Toklat River Rest Stop
7:40 Smiley Ranger Jen welcomes shuttle bus passengers at the DNP Savage River checkpoint
9:06 Mama grizzly bear and her 2 cubs forage for berries
11:39 Panorama of Toklat River drainage basin
12:54 Panorama from top of Savage River Alpine Trail
14:06 Arrival at Denali Depot of the Fairbanks-to-Anchorage Wilderness Express Alaska Railroad
15:50 Inside the busy, busy Denali National Park Visitor Center
16:27 Ranger Alex guided hike on the Triple Lakes Trail near the DNP visitor center
18:40 Hines Creek, Triple Lakes Trail, DNP
19:02 DNP Ranger Alex asks thought-provoking questions at the Riley Creek suspension bridge, Triple Lakes Trail, DNP
21:08 DNP sled dogs go CRAZY over a squirrel in a tree (LOUD!!)
22:10 Interesting illuminated display in the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows the percentage of successful ascents of Mt. Denali every year from 1992 to 2012
23:22 Gary gets a refreshing, mint chocolate chip shake in the AMAZING Freal automatic shake-making machine!!
25:12 Liberty Falls, adjacent to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
26:18 Acrobatic seals swimming (upside down) inside the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward
27:28 Sea lions spotted on the ranger-guided, 5-hr. Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise in Seward's Resurrection Bay
28:28 Waterfall seen on the ranger-guided, 5-hr. Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise in Seward's Resurrection Bay
29:01 My cute, little short-tailed weasel friend on the Harding Icefield Trail, Kenai Fjords National Park
29:41 Grizzly bear seen from the Harding Icefield Trail, Kenai Fjords National Park
30:13 Exit Glacier and its runoff, Kenai Fjords National Park
31:12 Salmon leaping up the artificial falls at Bear Creek Weir near Seward Highway Milepost 6.6
34:18 Spawning salmon in Grouse Creek, adjacent to Seward Highway Milepost 8.3
37:15 Salmon leaping up Russian River Falls on the Kenai Peninsula
39:35 Catching HUGE silver salmon from a boat in the Lower Kenai River on the Kenai Peninsula (my half-day fishing trip with King of the River fishing guides)
41:00 Young staff at the Alaska Native Heritage Center demonstrate Alaska native games
50:51 Panorama at Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, Anchorage
51:23 Picking wild blueberries at Flattop Mountain in Chugach State Park, Anchorage
51:59 Three jumbo jets landing a mere 200 feet above my head at Anchorage International Airport (Wow, SCARY!!)
54:47 Bicycle Fixit station alongside bike path in Point Woronzof Park, Anchorage
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Grizzly Sow with 3 Cubs at the salmon weir near Haines, Alaska
A Sow with three cubs brought her young into the safe 'bear corridor' on the Chilkoot River.
Tonsina Point Hike - Seward, AK
The family and some friends went exploring after church in Seward,AK Sunday. After a short 2 mile hike out we arrived at a beautiful beach area at the mouth of a river feeding into Resurrection Bay. What an awesome site.
Seward/ Kenai Fjords NPS Academy AK 2013
During early March 2013, young adults and youth embarked on a high intense orientation brought together between the National Park Service and the Student Conservation Association in an effort to raise new leaders who desire a career field in the National Parks. They met with professionals from a wide range of fields who desire to create a more diverse work force in the National Park Service by seeking out youth from all over Alaska and the rest of the United States.
Family Hiking in the Campbell Tract, Anchorage, Alaska
Bring the kids to this close-in swath of BLM land in Anchorage. Flat, accessible, and full of wildlife that makes Alaska famous, the Campbell Tract is popular with hikers, bikers, joggers, and skiers. Today, AK Fam hikes along Campbell Airstrip (AK Kid would like you to note his difficulties with Little AK Dog - ha!)
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Frontiers 117: Bounty from the Sea
There’s probably no state in our nation, which enjoys so much bounty from the sea as we do here in Alaska – especially this time of the year. The fact that it comes from some of the coldest and clean waters in the world only enhances our appreciation for these gifts from the sea.
On Frontiers this week, we take time out to reflect on all the different ways we Alaskans share in this bounty – and the importance of protecting it for future generations.
The Long Journey Home: As schools of sockeyes swim towards their spawning grounds, a trip down the Newhalen River with Dan Young, a longtime Lake Clark National Park Service biologist. We make stops at a fish counting station and the Evanoff fish camp near Nondalton. Enjoy the scenery and beautiful footage from KTVA’s Will Mader.
The Gift of the Whale: Paul Ongtooguk, from UAA’s College of Education, joins us to talk about the Inupiat whaling tradition as he experienced it growing up. He reflects on two recent stories – July’s harvest of a gray whale on the Kuskokwim River, where gray whales have never been seen before – and attacks on social media against a Gambell teenager who successfully landed a whale for his community.
Fruit of the Sea: A deliciously Alaskan story, thanks to Mark and Emmie Swanson of Valdez. They set out on their boat with KTVA’s Emily Carlson and photojournalist Beth Peak in search of shrimp.
Special thanks to KYUK Radio in Bethel for sharing its footage of the Kuskokwim gray whale harvest. We also want to thank KNOM and photographer Karen Trop for pictures of Chris Apassingok and the whale he landed in Gambell. Other contributions to this week’s Frontiers – photos of the “Tina” from Roy Corral and the Chugach Alaska Corporation, as well as pictures from KTVA’s own Joe Vigil of a bear and her cub watching the world go by from a tree near the Seward Highway
If you have a photo you’d like to share with us, send it to frontiers@ktva.com.
Alaska's Silver Millions Part 2 (1936 Documentary)
The geography of Alaska, the life cycle of the salmon, and the salmon industry.
There is a view of the treaty between Russia and the United States that resulted in the purchase of Alaska. The commentator says that thousands of United States citizens protested this purchase, calling it Seward's folly. Father Bernard Hubbard, the glacier priest, is shown and states that on his first trip through Alaska he thought it a worthless land, but that he now appreciates its true value. An animated map contrasts the size of the United States with Alaska. Father Hubbard says that Alaska is divided into three areas: (1) the Yukon Valley, (2) southeastern Alaska, and (3) the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. A map indicates that the Yukon is on about the same line of latitude as Greenland. Views of snow and ice, dog teams, Eskimos, reindeer, and ice floes are accompanied by Father Hubbard's remarks that these represent the popular conception of the whole of Alaska.
Southeastern Alaska is shown to be in the same latitude as the British Isles. There follow scenes of Alaska's inside passage, gold mines, government roads, dairy farms, waterfalls, and mountains that surround Juneau. Glaciers are shown at the sea's edge, and Father Hubbard explains that tremendous pressure causes them to break off and fall into the sea and float away as icebergs. An unusual method of iceberg formation is shown as a huge mass of ice rises from the depths of the ocean.
The third area, the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, is depicted as volcanic and mountainous. Steamy air moves across the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, which is devoid of plant and animal life. A view of a snowcovered mountain is followed by views of a smoking volcano. Father Hubbard observes that this is an unstable area and that the day is far off when it will be permanently formed.
The film's second section, the life cycle of the salmon, begins with an animated map tracing the route of the young salmon from Alaskan streams into the Gulf of Alaska where they vanish in the Pacific. A map indicates the route followed by the adult salmon in their return to their native streams. Salmon struggle upstream, their backs flashing in shallow water. Father Hubbard observes that in fresh water their color changes and that they are then unfit for human consumption. Mouths of the salmon develop curved jaws to facilitate digging in the gravel and mud where eggs are laid. Salmon are shown spawning and fanning mud over the eggs. The commentator explains that after spawning the adult salmon die. Hundreds of salmon are shown dead on the banks.
The third section begins with the preparation for a salmon run. Men stretch nets on salmon traps built on pilings. When salmon begin to run they are caught in the nets. The fish are emptied from the nets, transferred to the holds of a tender, and taken to the cannery.
The last section shows the processing of the fish after they arrive at the cannery. They are taken from the tender's holds to a fishhouse by means of a conveyer. At the fishhouse they are cleaned and sorted. They are then floated in water troughs to the cannery. A short sequence indicates the methods used to assemble cans from partially manufactured stock. Sharp knives cut the fish into sections, which disappear into a filling machine to emerge later packed in open cans. From the filler the cans travel on belts to a clincher where they are hermetically sealed. They are placed on trays, wheeled to a retort, and cooked under high pressure. Later the cans are cooled, labeled, boxed, and loaded in ships' holds to be carried to world markets.
Appraisal. Reported excellent for (1) presenting facts concerning the life cycle of the salmon, (2) portraying procedures in the catching, canning, and shipping of salmon, and (3) indicating the size, climate, and physical geography of Alaska. Found useful in developing an appreciation of the economic importance of Alaska.
The beauty of the scenery shown, the effective use of maps, and the dramatic quality of the story of the salmon resulted in enthusiastic reception of the film by teachers and students. Some teachers felt that the film gave an exaggerated sense of importance to the salmon industry in relation to the total economy of Alaska, and others noted that the tundra should not have been classified with the Yukon Valley. Teachers reported that this film contained no objectionable advertising.
The sound is good, photography excellent. #alaska #alaskaextreme
Fathers Day/Summer Solstice Hike up Twin Peaks Trail in the Chugach State Park in Alaska
Fathers Day/Summer Solstice Hike up Twin Peaks mountains in the Chugach State Park in Alaska
I've got the greatest family ever!
2016 beren Chilkoot lake, Haines, Alaska
We zijn in Haines bij het Chilkoot Lake geweest en daar was ook een mama beer met twee cubs. Eerst zwemmend door de rivier en later liepen ze over de weg en langs het water, geweldig om te zien.
Speedy and her cubs at Chilkoot River in Haines Alaska
Teri and I went to Chilkoot River for kayaking and had a real treat when Speedy and her new cubs came out for dinner at the Fish Weir. August 9th 2010.
Musk Ox- Leftovers from the Ice Age -Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Recommended Resources
• Facts About The Musk Ox
• The World According to Musk Ox
• Oomingmak: The Expedition to the Musk Ox Island in the Bering Sea
The monument is in the far northwest of the state of Alaska. It consists of a coastal plain dotted with various lagoons, beautiful bluffs, and beaches, backed by low hills. The area is a big bird nesting area, and features a variety of other animals, both large and small.
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Hiking Safely around Mountain Goats
Learn how to be safe when hiking in the mountains in areas that may have mountain goats. If you appreciate this video, please like, comment, and/or share. Also, make sure to subscribe for the latest updates.
This video was created by the Tongass National Forest.
“The Tongass National Forest /ˈtɒŋɡəs/ in Southeast Alaska is the largest national forestin the United States at 17 million acres (69,000 km2). Most of its area is part of the temperate rain forest WWF ecoregion, itself part of the larger Pacific temperate rain forestWWF ecoregion, and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna. The Tongass, which is managed by the United States Forest Service, encompasses islands of the Alexander Archipelago, fjords and glaciers, and peaks of the Coast Mountains. An international borderwith Canada (British Columbia) runs along the crest of the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains.[2] The forest is administered from Forest Service offices in Ketchikan. There are local ranger district offices located in Craig, Hoonah, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, and Yakutat.”
Video Credit: US National Forest Service (Federal government video productions are generally public domain, but any copyrighted content such as music that has been found in this recording has been registered with the appropriate rights holder. Ads may run on this video to support copyright holders at their request.)
Description credit : Wikipedia #alaska #alaskaextreme
Die Hard Fishing in Kodiak Alaska Fish rerport
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Many salmons jumping in Macauley Salmon Hatchery in Juneau Alaska
Many mature salmons come back from Pacific Ocean, clime the fish ladder to get up to a collection pool in Macauley Salmon Hatchery and are jumping. Additional information at: