Jim Reisert: Travel

2005 Alaska

Alaska Photo Gallery

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Carol and I visited Alaska from August 16-27, 2005. We traveled with the Olympic Mountain School of Photography. Travel was arranged through Alaska Photo Tours.

You can get an idea of our itinerary here.

Some places we stopped/visited:

Big Game Alaska
Kenai Fjords National Park
Denali River Cabins
Denali National Park and Preserve
Camp Denali

Some of the species we saw:

Big Game Alaska

• Musk ox
• Caribou
• Moose
• Elk
• Black-tail Sitka deer
• Black bear
• Grizzly bear
• Wood bison
• Bald Eagle

Kenai Fjords area (Aialik Bay)

• Sea otter
• Humpback whale
• Steller sea lion
• Harbor seal
• Puffins (both horned and tufted)
• Common murre
• Cormorant
• Bald Eagle

Denali National Park

• Moose
• Caribou
• Grizzly bear
• Beaver
• Arctic Ground squirrel
• Gray jay
• Trumpeter swan
• Willow ptarmigan (state bird of Alaska)

For this trip, I purchased a Canon EOS 20D digital SLR and a Sigma APO 80-400mm F4.5-5.6 EX OS (Optical Stabilizer) lens. This is the first time I have shot with Canon, and the first time without film! And the first time (for me) in a teaching environment.

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