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The Eagle River flows through the Eagle River NEW YEAR’S DAY ecember ebruary D 2021 F Valley, which is part of the 295,240-acre Chugach State Park created in 1970. It is the third-largest 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 state park in the entire United States. The 30 31 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 scenic river includes the north and south fork, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 surrounded by the Chugach Mountains that 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 arc across the state's south-central region. • 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 The Eagle River Nature Center, a not-for 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 -profit organization, provides natural history City and Borough of Juneau, 1970 information for those curious to explore the Governor Tony Knowles, 1943- park's beauty and learn about the wildlife Fairbanks-North Star, Kenai Peninsula, and that inhabits the area. Matanuska-Susitna Boroughs, 1964

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Alessandro Malaspina, navigator, Sitka fire destroyed St. Michael’s 1754-1809 Cathedral, 1966 President Eisenhower signed Alaska Federal government sold Alaska Railroad Barry Lopez, author, 1945-2020 Robert Marshall, forester, 1901-1939 statehood proclamation, 1959 to state, 1985 Mt. Trident (Katmai NP) erupted, 1961 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Celia Hunter, conservationist, 1919-2001 Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968 Baron Ferdinand Von Wrangell, Russian Keith Nyitray arrived in Kotzebue, 1990, Submarine USS Alaska launched, 1985 Record 2.145 million barrels of oil flowed First issue of The Alaska Free Press governor, 1797-1870 having walked length of Brooks Range Jack London, writer, 1876-1916 First issue of Anchorage Daily News, 1946 through the pipeline in one day, 1988 (Juneau), 1887

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (Observed) Full moon 16 17  18 19 20 21 22

Record 47.5" 24-hr. snowfall, Valdez, 1990 1 billionth barrel of oil to Valdez, 1980 Direct long-distance phone service to Cape Newenham National Wildlife Colonel James Steese, civil engineer and Robert Service, poet, 1874-1958 Alaska began, 1959 Refuge established, 1969 soldier, 1882-1958 John B. Mertic, Jr., geologist, 1888-1980

23 Alaska’s24 first pulp mill opened, Juneau, 25 26 27 28 29 First sunrise of year, Utqiagvik (Barrow) 1921

New moon ● 30 31 First dog team left Nenana with serum Record North American high pressure, for Nome, 1925; Alaska Board of Road 31.74 inches, Northway, 1989 -82°F at Coldfoot (unofficial), 1989 Commissioners established, 1905 Nildrana Srodedakhdenh January When the sun divides (Dene, Lower Tanana)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Chinese New Year Marmot Day (Alaska) J anuary 1 31 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Joe Reddington, Sr., musher, 1917-1999 30 31 U.S. Forest Service established, 1905 First Alaska Highway route is chosen, 1942 issue of The Daily Alaskan, Diphtheria serum delivered to Nome by Attu battleground and airfields designated Skagway, 1898 dogsled relay, 1925 79-inch snowfall in Valdez (3rd-6th), 1996 as national historic landmarks, 1985

Abraham Lincoln 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (1809-1865)

First scheduled commercial airline flight to Gov. Sarah Palin, 1964- Deadhorse, 1969 Archdiocese of Anchor- Marie Drake, author of “Alaska’s Flag,” White Pass & Yukon Railroad shops Senator Ernest Gruening, 1887-1974 age, 1966 1888-1963 burned, Skagway, 1932

Valentine’s Day Elizabeth Peratrovich Day (Alaska) Full moon 13 14 15 16  17 18 19

Roxy Wright-Champaigne became first Alexander Baranof, first Russian governor Elmer Rasmuson, pioneer banker and ARCO and Humble Oil announce woman to win World Championship Sled Naomi Uemura, mountaineer, 1941-1984 of Alaska, 1747-1819 philanthropist, 1909-2000 discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay, 1968 Dog Race, Anchorage, 1989

PRESIDENTS’ DAY George Washington Heritage Day 20 21 22 (1732-1799) 23 24 25 (Yukon Territory) 26

Alaska oil closes above $100/barrel, 2008 Pope John Paul II in Anchorage, 1981 Fred Machetanz, artist, 1908-2002 Glacier Bay National Monument, 1925 First passenger train to White Pass, 1899 Eielson made first airmail delivery in Kluane, Nahanni, and Baffin Islands First commercial airline flight, Europe- Mt. McKinley National Park, 1917 Walter Mendenhall, geologist, 1871-1957 Alaska, Fairbanks-McGrath, 1924 national parks established, Canada, 1972 Orient via Anchorage, 1957 E. H. Harriman, financier, 1848-1909 Arctic Brotherhood, Skagway, 1899

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) live in shallow water arch areas along Alaska's shores, feeding on sea M urchins and other crustaceans. Their super- 27 28 1 2 insulating and very dense underfur help them 1 2 3 4 5 maintain warm body temperature in Alaska's 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 chilly waters. Their inquisitive and curious face, furry coats, and small, nimble hands make them 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 one of Alaska's cutest animals. Mature sea otters • 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 give birth to one pup at a time, which the mothers 27 28 29 30 31 President Harding established National care for until it can survive on its own, usually Petroleum Reserve-4 on North Slope, 1923 one year. Bering Sea National Wildlife Refuge, 1909 Siqiññaasugruk February Month of longer sunshine (Inupiaq)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Ash Wednesday Susan Butcher Day (Alaska) February April New moon 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 2 ● 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Gov. Keith Miller, 1925- First Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1973 World’s Winter Special Olympics, largest Ephraim Agnot, Sr., Native elder, 1926- Board of Trade Saloon opened, Nome, 1901 sporting event ever held in Alaska, opened 1995 Trade and Manufacturing Act extended to in Anchorage, 2001 (2,750 athletes) Olaus Murie, biologist, 1889-1963 Alaska, 1891 Capt. James Cook, navigator, 1728-1779 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

First cruise ship sailings to Alaska First successful solo winter ascent of Mt. canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Denali completed, Vern Tejas, 1988; Sonny 2020 DC-4 crashed on Mt. Sanford, killing 30, Lindner won the first Yukon Quest, 1984; Troops arrived in Dawson Creek to build Georg Wilhelm Steller, scientist, 1709-1746 Admiral Vasilii Chichagov, Russian 1948; Alaska Railroad authorized, 1914 Fire destroyed McCarthy, 1919 Alaska Highway, 1942 navigator, 1726-1809 Mike Stepovich, territorial gov., 1919-2014

Daylight Savings Time begins Purim begins St. Patrick’s Day Full moon 13 14 15 16 17  18 19

Lance Mackey first musher to win both Yukon Quest and Iditarod Sled Dog Race in same year, 2007; Hurricane-force, icy winds ripped through southcentral Alaska, Alaska-Seattle commercial passenger First winter ascent of Mt. Logan, Tejas Baranof Castle (Governor's House) burned, 2003 service, International Airways, 1929 party, 1986 Sitka, 1894

Spring Equinox 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Denali Princess Hotel burned, 1996 Oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million Libby Riddles won Iditarod, 1985 gallons of crude oil into Prince William White Alice communication system Allen Expedition left Nuchuk, 1885 Sound, 1989 dedicated, Elmendorf AFB, 1958 Gen. Wilds Preston Richardson, civil Adak Naval Facility closed, 1997 Richard G. McConnell, Canadian engineer, 1861-1929 Women’s suffrage in Alaska, 1913 Sitka National Monument, 1910 Robert Atwood, publisher, 1907-1997 geologist, 1857-1942

Seward’s Day (Alaska) Vietnam Veterans’ Day New moon Devil's Paw, also called Boundary Peak 93, is (Alaska) located in the Coast Mountains on the southeast ● Alaska panhandle. Just north of the town of Juneau, 27 28 29 30 31 Alaska, the extremely steep mountain rises to 8,507 feet (2,593 m), making it the highest point in the massive Juneau Icefield. The icefield is the source of several glaciers, including the popular Mendenhall and Taku Glaciers. The subpolar oceanic climate zone produces very • Mount Augustine erupted, 1986 long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers, Robert Reeve, pioneer aviator, 1902-1980 allowing for snow accumulation. Largest recorded earthquake in North Copper River and Northwestern Railroad William Seward signed Alaska Purchase Adak Naval Facility closed, 1997 America (RS 9.2) hit Alaska, 1964 Gov. Frank Murkowski, 1933- completed, 1911 treaty from Russia, 1867 Robert Atwood, publisher, 1907-1997 Kuigit Aaniit March Ice is breaking (Alutiiq)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are March May among the largest baleen whale species and are the most abundant whale found in Alaska's waters. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 They are enormous, reaching lengths of 100 31 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 feet and weighing up to 20 tons. They migrate to 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Alaska in spring to feed on the abundant marine 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 life that thrives in Alaska's cold waters. Krill, a 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 small shrimplike crustacean, make up the primary food source for these baleen whales. Alaska's • Fishing vessel Arctic Rose sank in Gulf 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 mountainous coastline provides dramatic of Alaska, 15 died, 2001 and scenic settings for whale observation Nunavut Territory established, Canada, Frank Peratrovich, legislator and Native during the summer months. 1999 leader, 1895-1984 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Dick Willmarth won first Iditarod, 1973 Taylor and Anderson reached Denali’s North Summit, 1910 65 people died in Chilkoot Pass, 1898 Ripple Rock detonated in Seymour John Burroughs, naturalist, 1837-1921 Narrows, 1958; First officially approved Alaska-Juneau Mine closed, 1944 William Duncan, missionary, 1832-1918 survey in Alaska (U.S. Survey #2), 1892 Rep. Nicholas Begich, 1932-1972 William Ogilvie, surveyor, 1846-1912 Russell Merrill, pioneer aviator, 1894-1929 Edward Hoffman, Native leader, 1917-1987

Palm Sunday Good Friday Full moon Passover begins  10 11 12 13 14 15 US tax returns due 16

Rep. Howard Pollock, 1920-2011 Troops began construction of pioneer road Father Aloysius Robaut, missionary, Nunivak Island National Wildlife Refuge for Alaska Highway, Ft. Nelson, BC, 1942 1855-1930 established, 1929 Sir John Franklin, explorer, 1786-1847

Easter Easter Monday (Canada) Earth Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Sheldon Jackson College opened, Sitka,1878 Senate approved Alaska Purchase, 1867 Sen. E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, 1904-1968 Treaty of St. Petersburg signed by U. S. V. M. Golovnin, Russian navigator, Sir William Logan, first director of the Chilkat State Park, 1970 and Russia, 1824 1776-1831 Canadian Geological Survey, 1798-1875 John Muir, naturalist, 1838-1914 Betzi Woodman, journalist, 1913-1990

Arbor Day New moon 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ●

13 billionth barrel of oil to Valdez, 2000 Joe Crosson made first landing on Flowers mushed solo to magnetic North Henry Allen, explorer, 1859-1930 Lake and Peninsula Borough, 1989 Muldrow Glacier, Mt. Denali, 1932 Second huge fire swept Dawson City, 1899 Pole from Northwest Territories, 1991 Construction began on “Haul Road,” 1974 First winner, Nenana Ice Classic, 1917 Nut’aq’i N’u April Geese month (‘Dena’ina’, upper inlet)

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President Reagan met Pope John Paul Moose named “official land mammal,” II, Fairbanks, 1984; Fire swept Cordova, Homestead Act extended to Alaska by Charles Hoyt, journalist, 1925-1974 1998; Roy Peratrovich, Native leader, 1963; Benson’s territorial flag design Congress, 1903; Chief James McKinley, Wilderness established in Alaska state Gov. Michael Dunleavy, 1961- 1901-1989 adopted, 1927 Ahtna traditional chief, 1899-1991 parks, 1972 Hubert H. Bancroft, historian, 1832-1918 Yukon River floods, 2009 William Paul, Native leader, 1885-1977

Mothers’ Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Sen. Mike Gravel, 1930- Chugach State Park, 1970 Kachemak Bay State Park, 1970 Sun will not set in Barrow until July 30 Dirigible Norge landed in Teller as first Edward Nelson, biologist, 1855-1934 George Davidson, geographer, 1825-1911 Exxon Oil spill reached Katmai NP, 1989 U. S. Army landed on Attu, 1943 Farley Mowat, author, 1921-2014 airship to pass over the North Pole, 1926

Full moon Arbor Day (Alaska) Armed Forces Day 15  16 17 18 19 20 21

First commercial long-distance call from Capt. Jim Binkley, tourism pioneer, Fairbanks, 1945; First Organic Act, 1884 First American scientific expedition to 1920-2003 Native Allotment Act, 1906 Sheldon Jackson, educator, 1834-1909 Russian America, Chicago-Ft. Yukon, 1859 John Borden, financier, 1884-1961

Victoria Day (Canada) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Father Bernard Hubbard, priest, author and naturalist, 1888-1962 First live radio broadcast from Denali's sum- Final weld on Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1977 Construction began on White Pass and President Andrew Johnson signed Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, 1957- mit, 1984; Rep. Ralph Rivers, 1903-1976 Senate ratified Alaska Purchase, 1867 Yukon Railroad, 1898 Purchase, 1867

MEMORIAL DAY Glaciers of many forms populate Alaska's southeast and April June New moon southcentral regions, and travelers from the world over come to witness these ancient spectacles. Nearly all 29 30 ● 31 1 2 of Alaska's glaciers are receding, and some that were 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 once easily viewed at popular roadside locations are 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 no longer visible. Beautiful icebergs calve from 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the giant glacier faces and fall into surrounding 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Aurora II satellite launched, 1991; George 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ponds, lakes, and tidewater fjords where they • 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Parks, territorial governor, 1883-1984; Harriman Scientific Expedition left Seattle 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 slowly melt. Their color is the result of the ice 26 27 28 29 30 absorbing all wavelengths of color but blue, First dog team reached Mt. McKinley sum- for Alaska, 1899 mit, 1979; 200 Matanuska Valley settlers 124 boats and more than 30,000 men left which is reflected back, revealing the deep selected by lottery, 1935 Lake Bennett for Dawson City, 1898. blue hues. Tengmiaret Tanqiat May Birds' month (Yup’ik, Nunivak)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Alaska's coastal brown bears (Ursus arctos) feed voraciously during the summer months on a protein- rich diet of salmon. Since they hibernate for more than half the year, the summertime is spent busily 31 1 2 3 4 feeding and raising young cubs. Typically, a female will have twin cubs, but occasionally three and possibly four. A mother bear will often stand on her hind feet for a better view when she hears Miller’s Reach Fire, $8.8 million damage, curious sounds or smells danger. During the • Alaska Aces won Kelly Cup, 2006 Big Lake, June 2-10, 1996 10,000th climber on Mt. McKinley, 1997 first summer, cubs stay very close to their Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opened, Northwest Arctic Borough, 1986 Last issue of Anchorage Times, 1992 protective mother, who will aggressively Seattle, 1909; Captain James Cook Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor, 1942 Robert “Bobby” Sheldon, Alaska pioneer, defend them from threats or danger. explored Turnagain Fjord, 1778 Malaspina reached coast near Sitka, 1791 1883-1983

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Galen Johnston, age 11, youngest climber Barbara Washburn was first woman atop atop Denali, 2001 Denali, 1947; Whittier Tunnel opened, 2000 Mount Katmai exploded, 1912; Tatum, Harper, Stuck and Karstens first to Rep. Don Young, 1933-; 8.0 earthquake Territorial capital officially moved from reach Denali’s South Summit, 1913 hit Yakutat, 1958; Belmore Browne, artist, Chief Walter Northway, 1876-1993 Norma Jean Sanders first woman solo First issue of Anchorage Times, 1915 Sitka to Juneau, 1906 Noel Wien, pioneer aviator, 1899-1977 mountaineer, and writer, 1880-1954 KINY, Juneau’s first TV station, 1956 climb, Denali, 1990

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Three Strawn brothers perished in climbing accident, Mt. Foraker, 2002 Alaska Airlines friendship flight, Nome- Daily passenger service on Alaska Pribilof landed on St. George Island, 1786 Provideniya, Russia, 1988 Fire destroyed Hoonah, 1944 Matansuska Valley flooded, 1958 Railroad, Fairbanks-Anchorage, 1951

Fathers’ Day Summer Solstice hours of daylight: Fairbanks: 21:49 19 20 21 Anchorage: 19:21 22 23 24 25 Juneau: 18:58

Confederate raider Shenandoah shelled whaling fleet, St. Lawrence Is., 1865 Paul Tiulana, Native artist, 1921-1994; Mountain avens chosen as official flower, Diocese of Juneau established, 1951 Army base activated at Big Delta, 1942 First issue Bering Straits Record, 1996 First Moravian mission opened in Alaska, Northwest Territories, 1869 First successful ascent of Mt. Logan, Tlingits destroyed Redoubt St. Michael, Hydaberg Indian Reservation, 1912 Bethel, 1884 George Vancouver, navigator, 1757-1798 19,500 ft., 1925 Sitka, 1802

New moon May July ● 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ft. Richardson and Elmendorf Air Field activated, Anchorage, 1940 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Hottest temperature recorded in Alaska, State ferry M. V. Kennicott left Bellingham 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 100° F, Fort Yukon, 1915 on inaugural voyage, 1998 Klondike Gold Rush National Historical 31 Final connection made in Trans-Alaska 550 lb. halibut caught near Dutch Harbor, Park established, 1976 John Strohmeyer, journalist, 1924-2010 Telegraph System, Salcha River, 1903 1994; Refuge Trespass Act, 1906 Wood-Tikchik State Park established, 1978 Senate passed Alaska Statehood bill, 1958 Mininh Hudinyaaghee June Month everything grows (Central Koyukon Athabaskan)

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Alaska's short summers make up for lost time with Canada Day (Canada) June abundant daylight and sunshine due to its extreme August northern latitude. It is in this light-filled environment 1 2 3 4 that many wildflowers thrive, growing in vast, 1 2 3 4 5 6 30 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 colorful fields. The pink fireweed blossoms are some 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 of the most popular and ubiquitous wildflowers 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 that grow widely across the state. These fields of 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 color, juxtaposed against the epic landscape of the 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 Mendenhall Glacier and mountains near Juneau, • 28 29 30 31 Icicle Seafood plant burned, Homer, 1998 Record one-day catch of four million fish, Alaska, make one of the most impressive North Slope Borough organized, 1972 Bristol Bay, 1993 landscapes to be found anywhere. City & Borough of Juneau organized, 1970 First McDonald’s opened in Alaska, Alaskan Fire Control Service, 1939 Anchorage, 1970

INDEPENDENCE DAY Alaska Flag Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Elizabeth Peratrovich, rights advocate, 1911-1958; first Mt. Marathon Race, Sven Haakanson, Aleut elder, 1934-2002 Alaska oil sold at $144+ per barrel, 2008 Seward, 1909 William Stolt, civic leader, 1900-2001 President Eisenhower signed Alaska state- Jefferson “Soapy” Smith shot, died in Port for Red Dog zinc mine dedicated, 1986 President Arthur appointed John Kinkead Wildfire stopped at outskirts of Tok, 1990 hood bill, 1958 Skagway, 1898 800-foot tidal wave devastated Lituya First Alaska airplane flight, Fairbanks, 1913 first civilian governor of Alaska, 1884 Magnus “Rusty” Heurlin, artist, 1895-1986 North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, 1911 Baranof landed on Kodiak Island, 1791 Bay, 1958

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Ketchikan pulp mill opened, 1954 President Harding drove golden spike com- Polar Endeavor, first double-hulled tanker, House approved funds to buy Alaska by pleting Alaska Railroad, Nenana, 1923 Carl Ben Eileson, aviator, 1897-1929 arrived in Valdez, 2001 113-43 vote, 1868 First Anchorage-Fairbanks flight, Noel Vitus Bering, first European to discover First land auction in Anchorage, 1915 Maiden voyage of ferry E. L. Bartlett, 1969 Pierre Berton, author, 1920-2004 Z. J. Loussac, civic leader, 1882-1965 Shem Pete, Dena'ina' elder, 1896-1989 Wien, 1924 Alaska mainland, landed on Kayak Is, 1741

Ted Stevens Day (Alaska) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Gov. Jay Hammond, 1922-2005 First Forest Service visitor center in U.S. Felix Pedro’s discovery started Fairbanks First issue of Alaska Dispatch News, 2014 dedicated, Mendenhall Glacier, 1962 gold rush, 1902 Eustace Zeigler, artist, 1881-1969 First commercial Alaska fly-in fishing trip, First ascent Mt. Sanford, 16,237 ft., Moore Record 42.6 million red salmon harvested Swanson River oil field discovered, 1957 Alfred H. Brooks, geologist, 1871-1924 Admiralty Island, 1929 and Washburn, 1938 in Bristol Bay, 1995 Chugach National Forest established, 1907

Parents' Day New moon 24 25 26 27 28 ● 29 30 Gold discovered near Livengood, 1914

Spirit of ’98 hit a rock in Tracy Arm, 1999 31 First oil from north slope reached Valdez Robert Griggs first to view the Valley of Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska Governor for terminal, 1977 C-17 plane crash, 4 died, Anchorage, 2010 First automated car wash opened in Ten Thousand Smokes (Katmai), 1916 unspecified reasons, 2009 Philip S. Smith, geologist, 1877-1949 White Pass and Yukon Railroad, 1900 Alaska, Anchorage, 1959 Iñukkuksaivik July Time for raising the young (Inupiaq)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Civic Day (Canada) July 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Kotzebue entered Kotzebue Sound, 1816 Bobby Sheldon first to drive a car from 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 First tanker left Valdez with north slope Fairbanks to Valdez, 1913 31 oil, ARCO Juneau, 1977 “Alaska City” chosen as city name Permanent Fund first topped $60 billion, Chugach State Park established, 1970 Outhouses outlawed in Whitehorse, 1964 by residents, 1915, but Anchorage it 2017: Shelikov established first Russian First ascent of Mt. Foraker, north summit, George Dawson, geologist, 1849-1901 remained. colony, Kodiak Island, 1784 19,400 ft., by Houston party, 1934

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Sen. Ted Stevens, four others died in plane Ray Petersen, pioneer aviator, 1912-2008 crash, southwest Alaska, 2010 Howard Rock, publisher/artist, 1911-1976 15,000th tanker departed Valdez, 1997 First official Alaska government land Czar Paul I granted first charter to Russian Philemon Tutiakoff, Native leader, 1927- First flight over Denali summit, Matt Diocese of Fairbanks established, 1962 survey, 1887 American Company, 1799 MV Tazlina launched, Ketchikan, 2018 1985; Alaska Territorial Act, 1912 Nieminen, 1930

Discovery Day 14 15 (Yukon Territory) 16 17 18 19 20

Crystal Serenity departed Seward for 32- day cruise to New York City via Northwest Governor Walter Hickel, 1919-2010 Chena River flooded Fairbanks, 1967 Passage, 2016 Margaret Murie, conservationist, 1902- First (and northernmost) high school Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve Will Rogers and Wiley Post lost en route Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, 1941 Joe Juneau and Richard Harris discovered 2003 Mt. Spurr erupted, 1992; Sir John football game, Barrow, 2006 created by Theodore Roosevelt, 1902 Alascom incorporated, 1969 Fairbanks-Barrow, 1935 Klondike Gold Rush began, 1896 gold near Juneau, 1880 Franklin named Prudhoe Bay, 1826 Floods battered Mat-Su Borough, 2006 City of Kenai founded by Russians,1791

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Gov. Steve Cowper, 1938- St. Clair New York-Nome air expedition George DeLong, explorer, 1844-1881 landed at Nome, 1920; Second Organic Alaskans approved statehood, 1958 William Dall, naturalist, 1845-1927; Vitus Act, 1912; Judge James Wickersham, Roald Amundsen completed first transit of Bering landed on St. Lawrence Is., 1728 1857-1939 Milo Fritz, pioneer doctor, 1909-2000 the Northwest Passage, 1905

Due to intense hunting exploitation in the Lower 48 States, Trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) were considered an endangered species by the 1900's. September 28 29 30 31 Due to hunting restrictions that followed, they were officially removed from the national endangered 1 2 3 species list in 1968. They migrate to Interior, Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska during the 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 summer months to raise their young under the • 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 endless summer skies. Swans pair with mates 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 for life, usually at two years old. They favor Haines Borough established, 1968 “Million Dollar Bridge” reopened 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mt. McKinley officially renamed Denali, Joe Crosson flew over Denali summit with- to vehicles, Cordova, 2005; Allen small ponds and lakes scattered across 2015 out oxygen, 1931 expedition reached St. Michaels, 1885 Alaska's vast tundra landscape. Uxnam Tugidaa August Season when grass withers and animals grow thin (Unangan)

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Denali (formerly called Mt. McKinley) is North ugust A America’s highest peak and is among the three tallest mountains in the world when measured vertically 1 2 3 4 5 6 from base to peak. Recent measurements put the 31 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 summit at slightly higher than its previously recorded height of 20,320 feet! It is the dominant • 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 feature of the Alaska Range horizon, and its north 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 and south summits can be seen from hundreds of 28 29 30 31 miles away. As one of Alaska’s greatest icons, it lures thousands of tourists to Alaska

with hopes of getting a glimpse of the First presidential visit north of Arctic First stoplight installed in Sitka, 2005 often-cloud-obstructed massif. Alaska Reindeer Act, 1937 Circle, President Obama, 2015 McKinley Park hotel burned, 1972

LABOR DAY Full moon 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1963 SS Princess Kathleen sank at Lena Point, Dept. of Commerce awarded USSR Roald Amundson cabled discovery of Ivan Veniaminov, Russian missionary to 1952; Franklin and Madison discovered passenger route to Alaska Airlines, 1990 Northwest Passage from Eagle, 1905 the Aleuts, 1797-1879 gold on the Fortymile, 1886 Tongass National Forest established, 1907

Grandparents’ Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Alaska aviation shut down for three days Marvin Mangus, artist, 1924-2009 Municipality of Anchorage, 1975 Thomas Riggs, territorial governor, 1873- after terrorist attack on U.S. cities, 2001 Fire burned Nome, 1905 Five billionth barrel of oil to Valdez, 1986 1945; Fire destroyed Nome, 1934

Fall Equinox 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Eielson Air Force Base dedicated, Denali State Park established, 1970 City and Borough of Yakutat, 1992 Lend-lease Russian pilots arrived in Fairbanks, 1948 Kenai Peninsula drenched by typhoon First reindeer released on Unalaska and Lindberg party discovered gold at Anvil Fairbanks, 1942 University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1922 First issue of Fairbanks News, 1903 rains, floods, 1995 Amaknak Islands, 1891 Creek, Nome, 1898 Marcus Baker, cartographer, 1849-1903 Katmai National Monument, 1918

Rosh Hashanah begins October New moon 25 ● 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Kodiak Star, first orbital rocket launched at 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Narrow Cape, Kodiak Island, 2001 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Pipeline Haul Road dedicated, 1974 30 31 Rival railroad construction crews fought in Japanese Emperor Hiroito met President Lt. Frederick Schwatka, explorer and Keystone Canyon, Valdez, 1907 Nixon in Alaska, 1971 Southeast State Forest, 2010 writer, 1849-1892 Kodiak Island Borough, 1963 Kakeggliyarvik September Running nose time (Yup’ik, Nunivak)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli) inhabit Alaska's Interior eptember ovember S and Arctic mountain ranges. They prefer open N alpine ridges and meadows for feeding and retreat 1 2 3 to nearby steep slopes for rest and safety. They 1 2 3 4 5 29 30 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 inhabit the Chugach Mountains of southcentral 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Alaska, where their steep slopes overlook the 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Turnagain Arm. Dall sheep sometimes travel 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 below timberline to feed on lush grasses and • 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 plants during seasonal range migration. The 27 28 29 30 winter weather in these mountainous areas First issue of Tundra Times, 1962 can be severe, making food sources First radio broadcast, KFAR-AM, sometimes challenging to access. Fairbanks, 1939

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Trans Alaska Pipeline shot by gunman, Lt. Gov. Lowell Thomas, Jr. 1923-2016 6,800 barrels of oil spilled, 2001 Alaska Federation of Natives, 1966 Milrow nuclear test, Amchitka Is., 1969 Frederica de Laguna, anthropologist, “Klondike Kate” Rockwell, entertainer, Winds, rain, floods batter Seward, Valdez First northbound ferry left Bellingham Bristol Bay Borough, 1962 1906-2004 1876-1957 and Cordova, 7 days, 2006 terminal, M.V. Matanuska, 1989 Hubbard Glacier ice dam broke, 1986 Governor William Egan, 1914-1984

Full moon COLUMBUS DAY ( observed) Thanksgiving (Canada)  Indigenous People's Day 9 10 (Alaska) 11 12 13 14 15

Seward devastated by floods, 1986 Bennie Benson, designer of state flag, Largest auction in state history: oil spill Cruise ship Prinsendam sank in Gulf of 1913-1972 cleanup gear, 33,000 tons on 50 acres, Alaska, 1980 15.2" of rain fell on Angoon, 1982 Chief Peter John, Athabascan traditional Anchorage, 1990 Yukon River Bridge completed, 1975 (state record for 24-hour period) Sydney Laurence, artist, 1865-1940 chief, 1900-2003

Alaska Day (Alaska) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Typhoon Oscar battered southcentral Alaska, Kenai River and Seward floods, 1995 Federal homesteading laws expired in Rep. Nicholas Begich and Sen. Hale Boggs Charles Sheldon, naturalists, and author, Order your copy of next year’s edition. Alaska-British Columbia boundary dispute Alaska, 1986; Merrill’s plane wreckage Sowerby arrived in Prudhoe Bay, driving lost en route Anchorage-Juneau, 1972 1867-1928 Stars and Stripes raised at Sitka, 1867 See back cover for details. settled, 1903 discovered near Tyonek, 1929 from Tierra del Fuego in 24 days, 1987

New moon 23 24 25 ● 26 27 28 29 Aleutians-East Borough organized, 1987 Severe flooding, Kenai Peninsula, 2002

Halloween Kodiak linked to mainland Alaska with President Bush signed bill for $15 million fiber optic cable, 2006 in WWII war reparations to Aleuts, 1989 30 31 SS Princess Sophia sank near Juneau, 1918. Aurora I telecommunications satellite Two stranded gray whales left Barrow Long Shot nuclear test, Amchitka Is., 1965 Alaska time zones combined, 1983 Juneau-Douglas Bridge opened, 1935 All 288 passengers and 61 crew died. U.S. Navy shelled Angoon, 1882 launched, 1982 after international rescue effort, 1988 Vinginh Xuq’udh October Month it gets cold (Deg Xinag)

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October 1 31 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 7.9 earthquake rocked Interior, 2002; City 30 31 dock collapsed by 12-foot wave, Skagway, Richard Nelson, Alaskan anthropologist, Voters approved Alaska Permanent Fund, 1994; Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic author, and soundscape artist, 1941-2019 First missile launch, Kodiak Launch 1976 explorer, and ethnographer, 1879-1962 Will Rogers, humorist, 1879-1935 Facility, 1998

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Ike P. Taylor, Alaska road commissioner, Aviator Carl Ben Eielson lost en route Last train left Kennicott, 1938 Elmendorf Field and Ft. Richardson Cannikin nuclear test, Amchitka Is., 1971 Eben Hobson, Native leader, 1922-1980 1890-1963 Teller-Siberia, 1929 Iditarod National Historic Trail, 1978 Hudson Stuck, missionary, 1863-1920 designated by War Department, 1940 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

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The Alaska moose (Alces alces gigas) is the largest ecember subspecies of moose. They are herbivores (plant- D eaters) and can consume up to 60 pounds a day. Bull 27 28 29 30 moose grow new antlers each year during the spring 1 2 3 and summer. The impressive racks can weigh up to 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 pounds. Once the antlers are fully developed in August, moose shed the velvet covering by 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 rubbing the antlers against bushes and trees. • 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7.0 earthquake shakes SE Alaska, 2018 During the autumn mating season, bulls use 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Kennecott mine shut down, 1938 their antlers as weapons when competing Order next year's calendar at Anthony Dimond, legislator and delegate against other bulls for breeding rights. The www.GreatlandGraphics.com! to Congress, 1881-1953 antlers fall off during the winter months. Quyawim Iralua November The thanksgiving moon (Alutiiq, Kodiak)

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday The 325,240-acre Denali State Park borders ovember anuary N Denali National Park and Preserve to the J 2023 south. The park is divided by the George 1 2 3 4 5 Parks Highway, the primary road link between 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Anchorage and Fairbanks. At a turnout along 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 this highway visitors can enjoy mighty views 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 of Denali, towering over the Alaska Range. • 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 The Chulitna River flows out of the mountains 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 in a vast braided river array, which 29 30 31 Dalton Highway opened to public travel to beautifully reflects the aurora borealis Deadhorse, 1994 dancing overhead under the starry President Carter proclaimed national President Carter signed Alaska National Augie Hiebert, broadcast pioneer, 1916- skies of Alaska's winter nights. monuments in Alaska, 1978 Interest Lands Conservation Act, 1980 2007

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Anchorage International Airport officially opened, 1951 Israel Russell, geologist, 1852-1906 Arctic, Izenbeck and Clarence Rhode Denali Borough organized, 1990 John Kinkhead, first American territorial National Wildlife Refuges established, 1960 Vitus Bering, navigator, died, 1681-1741 governor for Alaska, 1826-1904 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

First commercial flight over the North Pole from Fairbanks, Alaska Airlines, 1951 Father Bellamine Lafortune, missionary, Mt. Redoubt volcano eruptions began, 1989 1869-1947 City and Borough of Sitka, 1971 Larry Beck, entertainer, 1935-1990 Hazen Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 1937 Kenai National Moose Range, 1941 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 1971

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Afognak Forest and Fish Culture Reserve Byron Birdsall, artist, 1937-2016 Col. Norman Vaughan, explorer, 1905-2005 established by President Harrison, 1892

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My love for photography began As a wildlife biologist and wildlife My photography was born from I made my first landscape after visiting an Ansel Adams photographer living in Cordova, my appreciation of all things photographs with a Kodak exhibit in Yosemite National Park. Alaska, for the past 20 years, I'm wild and by an inherent quest Brownie camera at Boy Scout The way he created and captured passionate about capturing the to explore the natural world camp in the early 1960s. As emotion in the stillness of a beauty of all wildlife, from reptiles around me. I can't imagine doing an undergraduate student, my photograph fascinated me, and since then, I've wanted to and amphibians to birds and mammals, to create awareness anything else that would provide the satisfaction I receive family gave me a 35mm camera and requested I share both explore and share the wonders of the natural world and appreciation. I genuinely believe that humans will from sharing my work with others, opening windows that my encounters hiking and exploring the mountain. with a camera. There isn't anywhere I'd rather be than conserve what they understand and have worked closely help enrich their lives and appreciation for the intrinsic As a professional photographer since 1990, I focused outside exploring nature, so I take my camera along to with conservation groups to highlight issues that threaten values of wild things and wild places. Students often ask on landscape photography with a 4x5 camera, while capture and share these moments. There is a uniqueness biodiversity. I love exploring the various remote regions of me what the "perfect picture" is and that is simple: The occasionally doing wildlife photography. I finally accepted found in every scene, and interpreting that with a camera my home state and international travel to experience more perfect picture is the one that drives you to make another. the digital revolution and recently switched to a 35mm is what drives my photography. of the world's exotic wildlife and diverse ecosystems. Each image should be viewed as a stepping stone to the digital camera. I’m still learning how to make landscape next. That is the philosophy that drives my creative vision. photographs...

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I caught the urge to take pictures I grew up in a small town in I work as a Dental Hygienist I live near Denali National Park many years ago while working southern Wisconsin where I but am passionate about wildlife and have made my home in a summer job in Yellowstone developed a passionate interest in photography. Raised in Alaska, Alaska for more than five decades, National Park. The natural beauty nature and the outdoors. In 1981, I spent my youth and adult life mostly self employed as a nature I witnessed there made we want to I landed in Fairbanks, Alaska, enjoying the Alaskan outdoors. photographer and writer. Alaskans share it with others. I began with a borrowed Nikon FM to attend the University. I was young and green, hungry When my daughters moved out ten years ago, I had the are dabblers in varied skills and job descriptions, and I am and after taking thousands of bad photos, I finally started for adventure and wide open spaces. After dabbling in a time to pursue photography more seriously. I never lack no different, having taught college courses in journalism, to get the hang of it. I sold my first image in 2003 and now few jobs following graduation, I eventually combined my photographic opportunities due to Alaska's wide variety worked as a carpenter, military game warden, and wildlife live in Gustavus, Alaska, with Glacier Bay National Park childhood love of the visual arts and outdoor interests to of animals and diverse habitats. When photographing, I'm technician. I have also built log homes and guided as a backyard. I enjoy exploring the region, photographing forge a career as a freelance nature photographer. Now continually learning the habits and behaviors of wildlife. wilderness trips. I obtained a commercial pilot's rating wildlife, landscapes and the night sky. I lead photo tours in my fourth decade of exploring and photographing Through this ongoing process, my goal is to share with but had the sense to abandon that pursuit in favor of less in the park and share special places of natural beauty with Alaska, its epic landscape continues to captivate me both others the intricate details of the animal's behavior and the stressful, creative endeavors. I have traveled all over Alaska visitors from around the world. personally as an observer and professionally as an artist. environment through my pictures. but find the central Alaska Range the most compelling.

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I was born and raised in I was born and raised in Since I resigned as an exploration Since 1996, Alaska has been my Anchorage and developed a love Anchorage, Alaska, and am geologist in 1996, I've roamed permanent residence, where I live for being outside at a young age. fortunate to have been exposed to across the "Great Land" with and work as a painter, ice sculptor, When I started taking pictures, all of the outdoor activities that cameras in hand and a passion for and art instructor. Drawing I quickly became hooked on come with living in Alaska year round. With the Chugach photographing peak moments in inspiration from the geographical capturing my adventures to share with friends and family. Range in my backyard, my focus naturally gravitates nature. I've taken my scientific curiosity for the wonders and cultural continuities between Alaska and the Russian I began spending more and more time outside, sometimes toward exploring wilderness, wildlife behavior and the of nature and melded it with an artistic eye to capture Far East, I strive to convey the lavish majesty of the North. sitting for hours to study the landscape and surrounding habitats they call home. In recent years I've put that these extraordinary moments. I love it when Mother I use watercolors and prefer painting the Alaska landscape wildlife. Years later, I find myself in the same position, curiosity and knowledge to work through photography to Nature overwhelms my senses with beauty, and I can En Plein Air, which allows me to feel the place, smell the spending long periods of time to get that perfect shot. I've share some of what I've learned along this journey. I try preserve that with a camera—I live for those moments! fresh air, observe nature, and match the colors that I see. had the luck of both witnessing and photographing many to put my energy and efforts into creating images that are In 2001 I married the love-of-my-life, Shay, and we work Painting is a way for me to share my observations of the great spectacles of nature that will forever remain in my different than what I typically see out there. enthusiastically together to form Team SalatShots. world by focusing on the elements of color and light. memory. 2 0 2 3 January April July October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 31 30 30 31

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