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Chilkat River snowscape

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Snowscape on the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska. SPECIAL NOTE: iPhone photo (John L. Dengler)

iPhone photo field report: I simply love the snow that has been falling in the Alaska. Last year, there wasn’t any snow during my time on the Chilkat River photographing the bald eagles. I had hoped for snow, but didn’t get any. This year, I got my wish in a big way (see previous iPhone Photo Field Report “Don’t complain the next time it snows”). This photo, taken around noontime, is indicative of how low the sun is on the horizon during the winter in Alaska.

ABOVE: Snowscape on the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska.

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Don’t complain the next time it snows

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A huge snow drift looms outside the kitchen window at the Alaska Guardhouse bed and breakfast in Haines, Alaska after an early November blizzard. SPECIAL NOTE: iPhone photo (John L. Dengler)

When I worked at the News-Leader in Springfield Mo. the paper ran a huge front page story about an 18 or 21″ snowfall (can’t remember exactly). The headline in huge type simply said “Buried”. Well, this view (photo above) out the kitchen window of where I am staying really brings new meaning to what constitutes “Buried.” I was scheduled to go out this morning with researchers who count the number of bald eagles on the river but that got cancelled with all the snow that has been falling. Supposedly, some of the areas where we needed to go have received over three feet of snow. Given that it has been snowing very hard for the past 24 hours, I’m not surprised. I’m glad that my friend Phyllis gave me some pointers on the use of snowshoes. I’m going to use them.

UPDATE: According to a posting on the Takshanuk Watershed Council website, the total snowfall for Haines, Alaska from Nov. 1 to Nov. 23 (which was most of the time I was there photographing bald eagles on the Chilkat River) was a whopping 88 inches of snow!

ABOVE: A huge snow drift looms outside the kitchen window at the Alaska Guardhouse bed and breakfast in Haines, Alaska after an early November blizzard.

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The presence of grizzly bears is always a good omen

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A grizzly bear track in snow near the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska is compared with a human hand. SPECIAL NOTE: iPhone photo (John L. Dengler)

Like baseball players, I’m a bit superstitious. In my case, when I see grizzly bear tracks, I know that the photography for the rest of the day will be great. Today I saw lots of fresh grizzly bear tracks in the new snow (iPhone photo above). It was a great day of shooting on the Chilkat River in Alaska. Weather was pretty nice too — sunny and cold with little wind.

ABOVE: A grizzly bear track in snow near the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska is compared with a human hand. Like bald eagles, grizzly bears are attracted to the salmon runs on the Chilkat and Chilkoot Rivers.

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Endless view of mountains makes you wonder

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Sunrise on coastal mountains seen from Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Juneau in southeast Alaska. SPECIAL NOTE: iPhone photo (John L. Dengler)

When you see several hours worth of endless coastal mountains when flying from Seattle to Juneau, you have to wonder how many of these mountains have felt the footsteps of a human being.

When I first published this image on the Dengler Images Facebook page, some folks commented that they wish they were along with me. Little did they know that less than 24 hours later after taking this photo, I would be sitting in the dark in my car during a howling blizzard as I waited to board the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry in Juneau for the 4.5 hour trip to Haines.

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