8 May
Arctic Refuge: Caribou Pass Valley View
Posted in Alaska, Arctic Refuge, Locations, Photography, Stock Photo by JimStill one of the most amazing locations I’ve traveled to, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is full of pristine beauty. This location, aptly named Caribou Pass, is where the Porcupine herd passes from Canada to the Alaskan Arctic Plain every year. To give you some orientation to this scene… this is the view looking south towards the Brooks Range of Alaska, to the left (east) is Canada, to the right (west) is the Arctic Plain where the Caribou give birth to their young and behind (north) is a mountain top view of the Arctic Plain and Arctic Ocean. It’s been a while since I’ve viewed this photo, but doing so reminds me of how beautiful and fragile this landscape is.
Arctic Refuge: Caribou Pass Valley View
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TranceMist
on May 8 2008
Have you seen this?
http://www.bucktrack.com/Alaska_Brooks_Range_Traverse.html
Guy hikes 1,000 across Alaska, alone… Brooks Range, ANWAR, etc.
Makes a video.
Too bad he didn’t have better camera gear.
G Dan Mitchell | Photography » Jim is Trying to Make Me Jealous…
on May 8 2008
[...] Jim M. Goldstein has posted a piece at his blog about his visit to Caribou Pass Valley in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. While I’ve [...]
Richard Wong
on May 8 2008
It is refreshing to see pristine landscape. Sad to admit but I’m not sure that I have ever seen pristine landscape.