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Downtown Anchorage skyline panorama from the sea as the Statendam approaches the docking area
Early morning in downtown Anchorage
4th Avenue Downtown
Historic City Hall (1936)
The Visitor Center is in a log cabin
Federal Building (1936) and Visitor Center
Alaska Reindeer Dog
Captain James Cook Monument
Near the Anchorage Airport is the Lake Hood seaplane facility
Float planes on Lake Hood
Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet
The scenic Seward Highway
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The spectacular peaks of the Kenai Peninsula
Zooming in
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Dead trees
Brown bears
They are the biggest of the Alaska bears
Young bear in the water
Wet bears come up to the fence
Black bear on a hill
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Wood Bison
Wood Bison grazing
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Deer
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Elk
Our comfortable tour bus at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Al and Sam at Portage Glacier Lake
We boarded the Ptarmigan for a cruise of the lake
Spectacular mountains surround the lake
The foliage is very green in the Spring
Waterfalls flow into the lake from the melting snow above
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Our first view of Portage Glacier from the boat
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The Ptarmigan moves in very close
Rocks and ice and growlers
The face of the glacier as it reaches the water
Closeup of the right side
Fortunately it was not a very cold day
Blue ice
This waterfall flowing into the lake follows a fissure in the rock