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An Alaska Photographers’ Calendar Aurora over the Brooks Range photo by Amy J Johnson ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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DECEMBER 2020 FEBRUARY The expansive Brooks Range in Alaska’s Arctic NEW YEAR’S DAY flows with a seemingly unending array of waterways that descend the slopes during the 31 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 summer months. In the winter they freeze solid, • 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 covered with frequent layers of “overflow.” Overflow occurs when water from below the 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ice seeps up through cracks and rises above 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 the surface of the ice layer. This is typically 28 caused by the weight of a snow load pushing 27 28 29 30 31 down on the ice. For an aurora photographer, City and Borough of Juneau, 1970 Governor Tony Knowles, 1943- Sitka fire destroyed St. Michael’s it can provide a luminous surface to reflect the Cathedral, 1966 dancing aurora borealis above. Fairbanks-North Star, Kenai Peninsula, and Matanuska-Susitna Boroughs, 1964 Robert Marshall, forester, 1901-1939 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Alessandro Malaspina, navigator, 1754-1809 Pres. Eisenhower signed Alaska statehood Federal government sold Alaska Railroad Baron Ferdinand Von Wrangell, Russian proclamation, 1959 to state, 1985 Mt. Trident (Katmai NP) erupted, 1961 governor, 1797-1870

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Submarine USS Alaska launched, 1985 Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968 Record 47.5" 24-hr. snowfall, Valdez, 1990 Keith Nyitray arrived in Kotzebue, 1990, First issue of Anchorage Daily News, 1946 Record 2.145 million barrels of oil flowed First issue of The Alaska Free Press 1 billionth barrel of oil to Valdez, 1980 having walked length of Brooks Range Jack London, writer, 1876-1916 Celia Hunter, conservationist, 1919-2001 through the pipeline in one day, 1988 (Juneau), 1887 Robert Service, poet, 1874-1958

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Direct long distance phone service to Cape Newenham National Wildlife Colonel James Steese, civil engineer and Alaska began, 1959 Refuge established, 1969 soldier, 1882-1958 John B. Mertic, Jr., geologist, 1888-1980 First sunrise of year, Utqiagvik (Barrow)

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Alaska’s first pulp mill opened, Juneau,1921 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 tugidiiqamax January the long month (Aleut) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Wolves, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center photo by Donna Dewhurst ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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JANUARY Marmot Day 1 2 (Alaska) 3 4 5 6 1 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 30 Joe Reddington, Sr., musher, 1917-1999 31 First issue of The Daily Alaskan, Diphtheria serum delivered to Nome by Skagway, 1898 dogsled relay, 1925 Attu battleground and airfields designated U.S. Forest Service established, 1905 Alaska Highway route chosen, 1942 79-inch snowfall in Valdez (3rd-6th), 1996 as national historic landmarks, 1985 Senator , 1887-1974

New moon Chinese New Year 7 8 9 10 11 ● 12 Abraham Lincoln 13 (1809-1865)

Archdiocese of Anchorage, 1966 First scheduled commercial airline flight Marie Drake, author of “Alaska’s Flag,” White Pass & Yukon Railroad shops to Deadhorse, 1969 1888-1963; Gov. , 1964- burned, Skagway, 1932 Naomi Uemura, mountaineer, 1941-1984

Valentine’s Day PRESIDENTS’ DAY Elizabeth Peratrovich Day Ash Wednesday 14 15 16 (Alaska) 17 18 19 20

Roxy Wright-Champaigne became first Fred Machetanz, artist, 1908-2002 Elmer Rasmuson, pioneer banker and ARCO and Humble Oil announce woman to win World Championship Sled First passenger train to White Pass, 1899 Captain Cook killed in Hawaii, 1779 philanthropist, 1909-2000 discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay, 1968 Dog Race, Anchorage, 1989 Walter Mendenhall, geologist, 1871-1957

George Washington Purim begins Heritage Day (1732-1799) (Yukon Territory) 21 22 23 24 25 26 Full moon 27 

Arctic Brotherhood, Skagway, 1899 Mt. McKinley National Park, 1917 Glacier Bay National Monument, 1925 Bering Sea , 1909 Eielson made first airmail delivery in Kluane, Nahanni, and Baffin Islands First commercial airline flight, Europe- Pope John Paul II in Anchorage, 1981 President Harding established National Alaska, Fairbanks-McGrath, 1924 national parks established, Canada, 1972 Orient via Anchorage, 1957 E. H. Harriman, financier, 1848-1909 Alaska oil closes above $100/barrel, 2008 Petroleum Reserve-4 on North Slope, 1923

The wolves (Canis lupus) that inhabit much of MARCH Alaska can range in color from almost white to 28 1 2 3 jet black, and many shades of grey and brown in between. An estimated 10,000 animals cover 1 2 3 4 5 6 a diverse range of habitat from the temperate 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 rainforests of the southeast to the vast tundra plains 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 of the high Arctic. They are a top level terrestrial • predator and feed opportunistically on a wide range 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 of animals from rodents to . Wolves are 28 29 30 31 animals of the pack, and their social behavior is characterized by a separate dominance First winter ascent of , 1967 hierarchy among females and males. delay na’aaye February dead leaves make room for new leaves (Ahtna) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Dundas Bay, Glacier Bay National Park photo by Sean Nielson ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday FEBRUARY 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 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 Trade and Manufacturing Act extended to Capt. James Cook, navigator, 1728-1779 Olaus Murie, biologist, 1889-1963 Alaska, 1891 World’s Winter Special Olympics, largest Gov. Keith Miller, 1925- Board of Trade Saloon opened, Nome, 1901 sporting event ever held in Alaska, opened Ephraim Agnot, Sr., Native elder, 1926-1995 First Iditarod Sled Dog Race, 1973 in Anchorage, 2001 (2,750 athletes)

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Fire destroyed McCarthy, 1919; Sonny Lindner won the first Yukon Quest, 1984; DC-4 crashed on Mt. Sanford, killing 30, First successful solo winter ascent of Troops arrived in Dawson Creek to build Admiral Vasilii Chichagov, Russian 1948; Alaska Railroad authorized, 1914 Hurricane force, icy winds ripped through Mt. Denali completed, Vern Tejas, 1988 Alaska Highway, 1942 Georg Wilhelm Steller, scientist, 1709-1746 navigator, 1726-1809 Mike Stepovich, territorial gov., 1919-2014 southcentral Alaska, 2003

Daylight Savings Time begins St. Patrick’s Day Spring Equinox 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1:37 AM AKDT

Denali Princess Hotel burned, 1996 Libby Riddles won Iditarod, 1985 Allen Expedition left Nuchuk, 1885 Alaska-Seattle commercial passenger First winter ascent of Mt. Logan, Tejas Baranof Castle (Governor's House) burned, Gen. Wilds Preston Richardson, civil service, International Airways, 1929 party, 1986 Sitka, 1894 engineer, 1861-1929 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Passover begins

Largest oil spill in US, 11 million gallons in White Alice communication system Mount Augustine erupted, 1986 Prince William Sound, 1989 dedicated, Elmendorf AFB, 1958 Largest recorded earthquake in North Adak Naval Facility closed, 1997 Richard G. McConnell, Canadian America (RS 9.2) hit Alaska, 1964 Women’s suffrage in Alaska, 1913 Sitka National Monument, 1910 Robert Atwood, publisher, 1907-1997 geologist, 1857-1942 Robert Reeve, pioneer aviator, 1902-1980

Palm Sunday Vietnam Veterans’ Day (Alaska) Glacier Bay National Park is part of a 25-million-acre APRIL Full moon World Heritage Site located along Alaska’s southeastern 28 29 Seward’s Day (Alaska) 30 31 shores. It is a popular destination for visitors who  travel Alaska’s . The mountainous 1 2 3 region is filled with glaciers, of which eleven reach 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 the sea. The meltwater from these glaciers carries a finely ground silt or rock flour, which stays 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 suspended in the water. The sunlight that reflects • 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 off these particles is what gives the water its 25 26 27 28 29 30 spectacular turquoise blue or green color. The shore by this small tributary in Dundas Bay is Copper River and Northwestern Railroad William Seward signed Alaska Purchase Adak Naval Facility closed, 1997 highlighted by brilliant fall colors. Gov. , 1933- completed, 1911 treaty from Russia, 1867 Robert Atwood, publisher, 1907-1997 Kaignasqaq Iraluq March the hungry moon (Alutiq, Kodiak) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Killer whales, Dangerous Passage, Prince William Sound photo by Daryl Pederson ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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MARCH Alaska's Inside Passage is the region of protected Good Friday waters along the Alaska panhandle in the southeast area of the state. It is a waterway frequented by cruise 31 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ships during their travel to Alaska. Killer whales, or 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 orcas, inhabit these waters. They are not true whales, but rather are the largest member of the dolphin 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 family. They are the apex predator in the oceans. Dick Willmarth won first Iditarod, 1973 Orcas are characterized into two groups based on 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 • Taylor and Anderson reached Denali’s North their food preferences. "Resident" orcas feed 28 29 30 31 Fishing vessel Arctic Rose sank in Gulf of Summit, 1910 mainly on salmon and travel in large groups. Alaska, 15 died, 2001 65 people died in Chilkoot Pass, 1898 "Transient" orcas feed primarily on sea mammals and travel in smaller groups. Nunavut Territory established, Canada, Frank Peratrovich, legislator and Native John Burroughs, naturalist, 1837-1921 1999 leader, 1895-1984 William Duncan, missionary, 1832-1918

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Ripple Rock detonated in Seymour Narrows, 1958; First officially approved Alaska-Juneau Mine closed, 1944 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

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Sheldon Jackson College opened, Rep. Howard Pollock, 1920-2011 Sir John Franklin, explorer, 1786-1847 Sitka,1878 Troops began construction of pioneer road Father Aloysius Robaut, missionary, Nunivak Island National Wildlife Refuge Alexander Baranof, first Russian governor Treaty of St. Petersburg signed by U. S. for Alaska Highway, Ft. Nelson, BC, 1942 1855-1930 established, 1929 of Alaska, 1747-1819 and Russia, 1824 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day 23 24

V. M. Golovnin, Russian navigator, Sen. E. L. “Bob” Bartlett, 1904-1968 1776-1831 Sir William Logan, first director of the Chilkat State Park, 1970 Senate approved Alaska Purchase, 1867 Canadian Geological Survey, 1798-1875 John Muir, naturalist, 1838-1914 Betzi Woodman, journalist, 1913-1990 Lake and Peninsula Borough, 1989

Full moon MAY 25 26  27 28 29 30 1 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 13 billionth barrel of oil to Valdez, 2000 30 31 Joe Crosson made first landing on Flowers mushed solo to magnetic North Henry Allen, explorer, 1859-1930 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 tengmiirvik April month geese arrive (Yup’ik) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Aquarius Valley, Arrigetch Peaks, Gates of the Arctic National Park photo by Patrick J Endres ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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APRIL The Gates of the Arctic National Park is a largely JUNE untouched wilderness region located above the Arctic circle in northern Alaska. It is a vast 8.4 million acres 29 30 1 1 2 3 of rivers and boreal forest transected by the mighty • 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Brooks Range, which forms the Continental Divide 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 that arcs across Alaska. The rugged Arrigetch Peaks 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 are situated in the Central Brooks Range. The park 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 has no road access, so travel is by foot, boat, or 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 plane. The Aquarius Valley is flanked by steep 27 28 29 30 mountains with a chain of beautiful aqua blue Roy Perastrovich, Native leader, 1901-1989 lakes. Wildflowers grow abundantly in the Moose named “official land mammal,” surrounding meadows and valleys. 1998

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Benson’s territorial flag design adopted, 1927; Fire swept Cordova, 1963 Chief James McKinley, Ahtna traditional Wilderness established in Alaska state Pres. Reagan met Pope John Paul II, chief, 1899-1991; Homestead Act parks, 1972 Gov. Michael Dunleavy, 1961- , 1970 Fairbanks, 1984 extended to Alaska by Congress, 1903 Charles Hoyt, journalist, 1925-1974 Hubert H. Bancroft, historian, 1832-1918 Yukon River floods, 2009 William Paul, Native leader, 1885-1977 Edward Nelson, biologist, 1855-1934

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Sen. Mike Gravel, 1930- , 1970 Sun will not set in Barrow until July 30 Dirigible Norge landed in Teller as first George Davidson, geographer, 1825-1911 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 16 17 Arbor Day (Alaska only) 18 19 20 21 22

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 , Chicago-Ft. Yukon, 1859 John Borden, financier, 1884-1961 Sen. , 1957-

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First live radio broadcast from Denali's Senate ratified Alaska Purchase, 1867 summit, 1984; Rep. Ralph Rivers, 1903-1976 Final weld on Trans-Alaska Pipeline, 1977 MEMORIAL DAY George Parks, territorial governor, 1883- 30 31 Pres. Andrew Johnson signed Alaska 1984; 200 Matanuska Valley settlers 7,124 boats and more than 30,000 men left Lake Purchase, 1867 selected by lottery, 1935; First dog team Bennett for Dawson City, 1898. Harriman Scien- Construction began on White Pass and Father Bernard Hubbard, priest, author reached Mt. McKinley summit, 1979; tific Expedition left Seattle for Alaska, 1899 Yukon Railroad, 1898 and naturalist, 1888-1962 Aurora II satellite launched, 1991 Mininh Tats’eyhts’ ilayh May month we put boats in water (Holikachuk) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Brown bears, Lake Clark National Park photo by Ron Niebrugge ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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While brown and grizzly bears are considered the same species (Ursus arctos), their diet is what differentiates their name description. The term 1 2 3 4 5 “brown bear” refers to the members of this species found in coastal areas where the protein-rich salmon is the primary food source. The cubs are born hairless in a den in January or February. Typically, a female will have twin cubs, but occasionally three • Miller’s Reach Fire, $8.8 million damage, and possibly four. During the first summer, cubs Robert “Bobby” Sheldon, Alaska pioneer, are small and stay very close to their protective Alaska Aces won Kelly Cup, 2006 Big Lake, June 2-10, 1996 Northwest Arctic Borough, 1986 1883-1983 mother who will aggressively defend them Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition opened, Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor, 1942 Last issue of Anchorage Times, 1992 from threats or danger. Seattle, 1909; Captain James Cook Anchorage Times, 1915 explored Turnagain Fjord, 1778 Malaspina reached coast near Sitka, 1791 10,000th climber on Mt. McKinley, 1997 First issue of

D-Day, 1944 New moon 6 7 8 9 10 ● 11 12

Galen Johnston, age 11, youngest climber atop Denali, 2001 Barbara Washburn was first woman atop Whittier Tunnel opened, 2000 Denali, 1947; Mount Katmai exploded, Tatum, Harper, Stuck and Karstens first to Belmore Browne, artist, mountaineer and 1912; Territorial capital officially moved reach Denali’s South Summit, 1913 writer, 1880-1954; 8.0 earthquake hit Chief Walter Northway, 1876-1993 Norma Jean Sanders first woman solo from Sitka to Juneau, 1906 Noel Wien, pioneer aviator, 1899-1977 Yakutat, 1958; Rep. , 1933- KINY, Juneau’s first TV station, 1956 climb, Denali, 1990 Pribilof landed on St. George Island, 1786 13 14 Flag Day 15 16 17 18 19

Three Strawn brothers perished in climbing accident, Mt. Foraker, 2002 Alaska Airlines friendship flight, Nome- Daily passenger service on Alaska First issue Bering Straits Record, 1996 Provideniya, Russia, 1988 Fire destroyed Hoonah, 1944 Matansuska Valley flooded, 1958 Railroad, Fairbanks-Anchorage, 1951 Hydaberg Indian Reservation, 1912

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Summer Solstice Hours of daylight: Fairbanks, 21:49; Confederate raider Shenandoah shelled Anchorage, 19:21; Juneau, 18:58 whaling fleet, St. Lawrence Is., 1865 First Moravian mission opened in Alaska, Mountain avens chosen as official flower, First successful ascent of Mt. Logan, Army base activated at Big Delta, 1942 Bethel, 1884 Northwest Territories, 1869 19,500 ft., 1925 Tlingits destroyed Redoubt St. Michael, Paul Tiulana, Native artist, 1921-1994 George Vancouver, navigator, 1757-1798 Diocese of Juneau established, 1951 Sitka, 1802 John Strohmeyer, journalist, 1924-2010 27 28 29 30 1 MAY JULY 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ft. Richardson and Elmendorf Air Field activated, Anchorage, 1940 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hottest temperature recorded in Alaska, State ferry M. V. Kennicott left Bellingham 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 100° F, Fort Yukon, 1915 on inaugural voyage, 1998 Senate passed Alaska Statehood bill, 1958 30 31 Final connection made in Trans-Alaska 550 lb. halibut caught near Dutch Harbor, Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Telegraph System, Salcha River, 1903 1994; Refuge Trespass Act, 1906 Wood-Tikchik State Park established, 1978 Park established, 1976 Ggaalnoqha’ June king salmon eye (Central Yukon Athabascan) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Fireweed and Lupine, Vitus Lake, Bering Glacier photo by Fred Hirschmann ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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JUNE Alaska’s short summers make up for lost time with AUGUST Canada Day abundant daylight and sunshine due to its extreme (Canada) northern latitude. It is in this light-filled environment 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 that many wildflowers thrive, growing in vast colorful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 fields. The bluish-purple lupine and pink fireweed are 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 some of the most popular and ubiquitous wildflowers 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 that grow widely across the state. These fields of 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 color, juxtaposed against the epic landscape of rivers, • 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 glaciers and mountains, make some of the most 29 30 31 Icicle Seafood plant burned, Homer, 1998 First McDonald’s opened in Alaska, scenic and impressive landscapes to be found North Slope Borough organized, 1972 Anchorage, 1970 Alaska oil sold at $144+ per barrel, 2008 anywhere. To stumble upon such a scene City & Borough of Juneau organized, 1970 Record one-day catch of four million fish, Port for Red Dog zinc mine dedicated, 1986 is a photographer’s dream. Alaskan Fire Control Service, 1939 Bristol Bay, 1993 First Alaska airplane flight, Fairbanks, 1913

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Pres. Arthur appointed John Kinkead first Sven Haakanson, Aleut elder, 1934-2002 civilian governor of Alaska, 1884; first Magnus “Rusty” Heurlin, artist, 1895-1986 Pres. Eisenhower signed Alaska statehood Jefferson “Soapy” Smith shot, died in Mt. Marathon Race, Seward, 1909; Elizabeth Wildfire stopped at outskirts of Tok, 1990 bill, 1958 Skagway, 1898 800-foot tidal wave devastated Lituya Bay, Carl Ben Eileson, aviator, 1897-1929 Peratrovich, rights advocate, 1911-1958 William Stolt, civic leader, 1900-2001 North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, 1911 Baranof landed on Kodiak Island, 1791 1958 First land auction in Anchorage, 1915 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Ketchikan pulp mill opened, 1954 President Harding drove golden spike Polar Endeavor, first double-hulled tanker, House approved funds to buy Alaska by completing Alaska Railroad, Nenana, 1923 arrived in Valdez, 2001 113-43 vote, 1868 First Anchorage-Fairbanks flight, Noel Vitus Bering, first European to discover 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 Alfred H. Brooks, geologist, 1871-1924

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Gov. , 1922-2005 First ascent Mt. Sanford, 16,237 ft., Moore Felix Pedro’s discovery started Fairbanks First issue of Alaska Dispatch News, 2014 and Washburn, 1938 gold rush, 1902 Eustace Zeigler, artist, 1881-1969 First commercial Alaska fly-in fishing trip, First Forest Service visitor center in U.S. Record 42.6 million red salmon harvested Swanson River oil field discovered, 1957 Admiralty Island, 1929 dedicated, , 1962 in Bristol Bay, 1995 established, 1907 Gold discovered near Livengood, 1914 25 Parents' Day 26 27 28 29 30 31

First oil from north slope reached Valdez terminal, 1977 Philip S. Smith, geologist, 1877-1949 C-17 plane crash, 4 died, Anchorage, 2010 First automated car wash opened in Alaska, Robert Griggs first to view the Valley of Spirit of ’98 hit a rock in , 1999 White Pass and Yukon Railroad, 1900 Anchorage, 1959 Ten Thousand Smokes (Katmai), 1916 Ga’an Kunga’ay July berry-ripening month (Haida) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Bull moose, Anchorage photo by Ryan Miller ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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Bobby Sheldon first to drive a car from First tanker left Valdez with north slope oil, Fairbanks to Valdez, 1913 ARCO Juneau, 1977 “Alaska City” chosen as city name by Permanent Fund first topped $60 billion, First ascent of Mt. Foraker, north summit, Outhouses outlawed in Whitehorse, 1964 residents, 1915, but Anchorage it remained. 2017: Shelikov established first Russian 19,400 ft., by Houston party, 1934 George Dawson, geologist, 1849-1901 Kotzebue entered Kotzebue Sound, 1816 colony, Kodiak Island, 1784 Chugach State Park established, 1970

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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 Alascom incorporated, 1969

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Crystal Serenity departed Seward for 32-day cruise to New York City via Governor Walter Hickel, 1919-2010 Gov. , 1938- Chena River flooded Fairbanks, 1967 Northwest Passage, 2016 Margaret Murie, conservationist, 1902-2003 First (and northernmost) high school Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve George DeLong, explorer, 1844-1881 Will Rogers and Wiley Post lost en route Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, 1941 Joe Juneau and Richard Harris discovered Mt. Spurr erupted, 1992; Sir John Franklin football game, Barrow, 2006 created by Theodore Roosevelt, 1902 William Dall, naturalist, 1845-1927; Vitus Fairbanks-Barrow, 1935 Klondike Gold Rush began, 1896 gold near Juneau, 1880 named Prudhoe Bay, 1826 Floods battered Mat-Su Borough, 2006 City of Kenai founded by Russians,1791 Bering landed on St. Lawrence Is., 1728

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St. Clair New York-Nome air expedition Roald Amundsen completed first transit of landed at Nome, 1920; Second Organic Act, the Northwest Passage, 1905 Mt. McKinley officially renamed Denali, 1912; Judge James Wickersham, 1857-1939 Milo Fritz, pioneer doctor, 1909-2000 Alaskans approved statehood, 1958 2015

JULY The towering, unique, and gangly-looking moose are one SEPTEMBER of Alaska's most beloved animals. They roam much of 29 30 31 the state, inhabiting the boreal forest and taiga regions 1 2 3 throughout Alaska. While their long and slender legs 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 that support a huge body may appear clumsy, they 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 move with surprising agility across tundra wetlands 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 and spruce forests. Bull moose grow new antlers • 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 each year during the spring and summer but fall 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 off during the winter months. They use this 26 27 28 29 30 Haines Borough established, 1968 “Million Dollar Bridge” reopened mighty headgear to spar with other males for Joe Crosson flew over Denali summit to vehicles, Cordova, 2005; Allen breeding rights during the autumn rut. without oxygen, 1931 expedition reached St. Michaels, 1885 Tengun August (geese) flying time (Yip’ik, Bristol Bay) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Denali and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park & Preserve photo by Patrick J Endres ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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AUGUST Denali (formerly called Mt. McKinley) is North America’s highest peak and is among the three tallest mountains in the world when measured vertically from 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 base to peak. Recent measurements put the summit at 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 slightly higher than its previously recorded height of 20,320 feet! It is the dominant feature of the Alaska • 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Range horizon, and its north and south summits can be 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 seen from hundreds of miles away. As one of Alaska’s 29 30 31 greatest icons, it lures thousands of tourists to Alaska with hopes of getting a glimpse of the often cloud obstructed massif. First presidential visit north of Arctic First stoplight installed in Sitka, 2005 Dept. of Commerce awarded USSR Alaska Reindeer Act, 1937 Circle, Pres. Obama, 2015 McKinley Park hotel burned, 1972 passenger route to Alaska Airlines, 1990

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Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 1963 SS Princess Kathleen sank at Lena Point, Roald Amundson cabled discovery of Ivan Veniaminov, Russian missionary to 1952; Franklin and Madison discovered Alaska aviation shut down for three days Northwest Passage from Eagle, 1905 the Aleuts, 1797-1879 gold on the Fortymile, 1886 established, 1907 after terrorist attack on U.S. cities, 2001 12 Grandparents’ Day 13 14 15Yom Kippur begins 16 17 18

Eielson Air Force Base dedicated, Fire burned Nome, 1905 Municipality of Anchorage, 1975 Thomas Riggs, territorial governor, 1873- Fairbanks, 1948 Marvin Mangus, artist, 1924-2009 Five billionth barrel of oil to Valdez, 1986 1945; Fire destroyed Nome, 1934 University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1922

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Denali State Park established, 1970 Lindberg party discovered gold at Anvil Kenai Peninsula drenched by typhoon First reindeer released on Unalaska and Creek, Nome, 1898 Russian pilots arrived in Fairbanks, 1942 Rival railroad construction crews fought in First issue of Fairbanks News, 1903 rains, floods, 1995 Amaknak islands, 1891 City and Borough of Yakutat, 1992 Marcus Baker, cartographer, 1849-1903 Katmai National Monument, 1918 Keystone Canyon, Valdez, 1907 26 27 28 29 30 1 OCTOBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Kodiak Star, first orbital rocket launched at 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Narrow Cape, Kodiak Island, 2001 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pipeline Haul Road dedicated, 1974 31 Japanese Emperor Hiroito met Pres. Nixon Lt. Frederick Schwatka, explorer and in Alaska, 1971 Southeast State Forest, 2010 writer, 1849-1892 Kodiak Island Borough, 1963 ben didsigi September leaves turn brown (Lower Ahtna) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Dall sheep rams, Chugach State Park photo by Matthew Quaid ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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SEPTEMBER Dall Sheep inhabit Alaska’s Interior and Arctic NOVEMBER mountain ranges. They prefer open alpine ridges and meadows for feeding and retreat to 30 1 2 1 2 3 4 nearby steep slopes for rest and safety. Dall 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 sheep sometimes travel below timberline to 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 feed on lush grasses and plants during seasonal 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 range migration. The winter weather in these • 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 mountainous areas can be severe, making food 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 sources sometimes difficult to access. Massive 28 29 30 curling horns distinguish the males from First radio broadcast, KFAR-AM, the more slender and slightly curved Fairbanks, 1939 Milrow nuclear test, Amchitka Is., 1969 horns of the female. First issue of Tundra Times, 1962 Bristol Bay Borough, 1962

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“Klondike Kate” Rockwell, entertainer, Lt. Gov. Lowell Thomas, Jr. 1923-2016 1876-1957 Alaska Federation of Natives, 1966 Largest auction in state history: oil spill Frederica de Laguna, anthropologist, Trans Alaska Pipeline shot by gunman, Winds, rain, floods batter Seward, Valdez First northbound ferry left Bellingham cleanup gear, 33,000 tons on 50 acres, 1906-2004 6,800 barrels of oil spilled, 2001 and Cordova, 7 days, 2006 terminal, M.V. Matanuska, 1989 Hubbard Glacier ice dam broke, 1986 Governor William Egan, 1914-1984 Anchorage, 1990

COLUMBUS DAY ( observed) Thanksgiving (Canada) 10 11Indigenous People's Day (Alaska) 12 13 14 15 16

Seward devastated by floods, 1986 Bennie Benson, designer of state flag, Cruise ship Prinsendam sank in Gulf of 1913-1972 Alaska, 1980 15.2" of rain fell on Angoon, 1982 Chief Peter John, Athabascan traditional Rep. Nicholas Begich and Sen. Hale Boggs Yukon River Bridge completed, 1975 (state record for 24-hour period) Sydney Laurence, artist, 1865-1940 chief, 1900-2003 lost en route Anchorage-Juneau, 1972

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Alaska-British Columbia boundary dispute settled, 1903 Federal homesteading laws expired in Charles Sheldon, naturalist and author, Order your copy of next year’s edition. Typhoon Oscar battered southcentral Alaska, Alaska, 1986; Merrill’s plane wreckage Sowerby arrived in Prudhoe Bay, driving 1867-1928 Stars and Stripes raised at Sitka, 1867 See back cover for details. Kenai River and Seward floods, 1995 discovered near Tyonek, 1929 from Tierra del Fuego in 24 days, 1987 Aleutians-East Borough organized, 1987 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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31 Kodiak linked to mainland Alaska with fiber optic cable, 2006 Pres. Bush signed bill for $15 million in SS Princess Sophia sank near Juneau, 1918. Aurora I telecommunications satellite Two stranded gray whales left Barrow WWII war reparations to Aleuts, 1989 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 Long Shot nuclear test, Amchitka Is., 1965 Alaska time zones combined, 1983 benen nuk’t’ undhi October month leaves fall (‘Dena ‘ina’) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Tongass National Forest photo by John Hyde ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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New moon OCTOBER Election Day 1 2 3 4● 5 6 1 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 30 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer and Richard Nelson, Alaskan anthropologist, 31 ethnographer, 1879-1962; City dock col- Voters approved Alaska Permanent Fund, lapsed by 12-foot wave, Skagway, 1994; author and soundscape artist, 1941-2019 First missile launch, Kodiak Launch 1976 7.9 earthquake rocked Interior, 2002 Will Rogers, humorist, 1879-1935 Facility, 1998 Cannikin nuclear test, Amchitka Is., 1971

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Henry Wood Elliott, conservationist and Ike P. Taylor, Alaska road commissioner, Aviator Carl Ben Eielson lost en route Hudson Stuck, missionary, 1863-1920 Elmendorf Field and Ft. Richardson artist, 1846-1930; Robert Kennicott, Eben Hobson, Native leader, 1922-1980 1890-1963 Teller-Siberia, 1929 Iditarod National Historic Trail, 1978 Last train left Kennicott, 1938 designated by War Department, 1940 explorer and naturalist, 1835-1866

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Gov. , 1962-; 24-hour darkness begins, Utqiagvik (Barrow); Don Sheldon, aviator, 1921-1975 Dr. Walter Soboleff, Native leader, Trans-Alaska pipeline construction Sen. Ted Stevens, 1923-2010; Last sunrise Whittier-Portage railroad tunnel Alaska Highway officially opened, 1942 1908-2011 authorized, 1973 of the year in Utqiagvik (Barrow) construction began, 1942 First issue, Wrangell Sentinnel, 1902 21 22 23 24 25THANKSGIVING 26 27

Hanukkah begins The 16.7-million-acre Tongass National Forest is DECEMBER the nation’s largest national forest, encompassing 28 29 30 1 much of . Dominated primarily by western red cedar, sitka spruce, and western hemlock, 1 2 3 4 the forest adorns the shores of thousands of islands 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and waterways making it a common sight to visitors Order next year's calendar at traveling Alaska’s Inside Passage. The area is home 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 www.GreatlandGraphics.com! to many species of endangered and rare plants and • 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7.0 earthquake shakes SE Alaska, 2018 animals, which include some of Alaska’s iconic 26 27 28 29 30 31 Kennecott mine shut down, 1938 wildlife such as black and brown bears, salmon, , legislator and delegate mountain goats, wolves, moose, and more. to Congress, 1881-1953 nippivik November time when the sun sets (Iñupiaq) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi Polar bears, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge photo by Hugh Rose ALASKA WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS 2021 Celebrating Alaska's Wild Beauty r

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NOVEMBER Polar bears have become an icon of the Arctic, New moon and they face unique challenges as a changing • climate alters their habitat. Recent studies of 1 2 3 ● 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 the southern Beaufort Sea population reveal a 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 decrease in cub survival rates. Females usually give birth to two cubs in a den during winter, and 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 they venture out in March to learn how to face 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 the challenges of survival in the Arctic. They roam great distances under the dark skies that 28 29 30 Pres. Carter signed Alaska National Interest fill the Northern Hemisphere during the Lands Conservation Act, 1980 long months. President Carter proclaimed national Dalton Highway opened to public travel to Augie Hiebert, broadcast pioneer, 1916- monuments in Alaska, 1978 Deadhorse, 1994 2007 5 6 7Pearl Harbor Day 8 9 10 11

Israel Russell, geologist, 1852-1906 John Kinkhead, first American territorial First commercial flight over the North Pole Arctic, Izenbeck and Clarence Rhode governor for Alaska, 1826-1904 from Fairbanks, Alaska Airlines, 1951 National Wildlife Refuges established, Vitus Bering, navigator, died, 1681-1741 Order next year's calendar before they sell Anchorage International Airport officially Father Bellamine Lafortune, missionary, 1960 Denali Borough organized, 1990 out at www.GreatlandGraphics.com opened, 1951 1869-1947

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Mt. Redoubt volcano eruptions began, 1989 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 Byron Birdsall, artist, 1937-2016 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 CHRISTMAS DAY

Winter Solstice Col. Norman Vaughan, explorer, 1905- Hours of daylight: Fairbanks: 3:42; Afognak Forest and Fish Culture Reserve 2005 Anchorage, 5:23; Juneau, 6:21 established by President Harrison, 1892

Boxing Day New Year’s Eve JANUARY 2022 26(Canada) 27 28 29 30 31 1 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 30 31 Col. William “Billy” Mitchell, aviator, Lt. Otto Von Kotzebue, Russian Susan Butcher, musher, 1954-2006 Historic Sourdough Roadhouse burned, 1992 1879-1936 navigator, 1788-1846 shaanax disse December first snow falls (Tlingit) 2021 © Yumi Yamaguchi © Yumi [ Meet the Photographers \

Amy J Johnson Donna Dewhurst Sean Neilson Daryl Pederson AmyJJohnson-Photography.com akpix.smugmug.com GlacierBayPhotoTours.com AlaskaLight.com Fairbanks, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Gustavus, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Canon Canon Canon Nikon January February March April

I moved from New England to I recently retired after 34 years with I caught the urge to take pictures I grew up in Sterling, Alaska, and Alaska at the age of 18 in order the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, many years ago while working a began my professional photography to quench my thirst for adventure mostly as a wildlife biologist in summer job in Yellowstone National career after graduating from high and experience wilderness on an Alaska. Photography was always a Park. The natural beauty I witnessed school. The ocean is where I find intimate level. I first settled near part of my job, so continuing it in there made we want to share it with the most of what to love about the Gates of the Arctic National Park where I obtained my my free time to freelance as an outdoor photographer was a others. I began with a borrowed Nikon FM and after taking life on earth, and I dedicate half of the year playing in, on, first SLR camera and developed a love for photography. natural extension. Now I look forward to combining photog- thousands of bad photos, I finally started to get the hang of and around it. In the winter months under Alaska’s dark I'm passionate about photographing the Northern Lights. raphy with writing full-time well into the future. We all need it. I sold my first image in 2003 and now live in Gustavus, skies, the northern lights get my photographic attention. I’ve Sometimes, under the aurora-filled skies, I just set my camera to share the fun and wonder of the wild world to encourage Alaska, with Glacier Bay National Park as a backyard. I enjoy published two books on the subject, drawn from more than aside and appreciate the moment. For me, viewing and outdoor adventuring in person, even going off the grid, and exploring the region, photographing wildlife, landscapes and three decades chasing this colorful and mysterious wonder of photographing the Aurora Borealis is a spiritual experience then sharing with others to continue the cycle! the night sky. I lead photo tours in the park and share special the world. which heightens my sense of connection to this vast universe. places of natural beauty with visitors from around the world.

Patrick J Endres Ron Niebrugge Fred Hirschmann Ryan Miller AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com WildNatureImages.com FredHirschmann.com ExploreAlaskaPhoto.com Fairbanks, Alaska Seward, Alaska Glacier View, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Canon Canon Pentax, Toyo, Hasselblad Canon May/September June July August

I grew up in a small town in In 2002 my wife Janine and I After eleven years working as a park I was born and raised in Anchorage, southern Wisconsin where I decided to chase a dream and follow ranger in Yellowstone, Everglades, Alaska, and am fortunate to have developed a passionate interest in my passion for photography on a Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, Death been exposed to all of the outdoor nature and the outdoors. In 1981, full-time basis. We left comfortable Valley, Petrified Forest, Voyageurs activities that come with living I landed in Fairbanks, Alaska, to corporate jobs for the unknown and Lake Clark National Parks, I in Alaska year round. With the attend the University. I was young and green, hungry for life of a professional photographer team and never looked "retired" and returned to Alaska to photograph the coffee Chugach Range in my backyard, my focus naturally gravitates adventure and wide open spaces. After dabbling in a few jobs back. Over the years my images have been widely published, table books Bush Pilots of Alaska and Alaska's National Parks. toward exploring wilderness, wildlife behavior and the following graduation, I eventually combined my childhood and the creative lifestyle and spending time in nature has Now, seventeen books later, my wife, Randi, and I continue habitats they call home. In recent years I've put that curiosity love of the visual arts and outdoor interests to forge a career delivered tremendous rewards. Several years ago I decided photographing the wonders of Alaska while living above the and knowledge to work through photography to share some as a freelance nature photographer. Now in my fourth decade to share my passion of photography with others and began Matanuska Glacier. To give back to the wild land that nour- of what I've learned along this journey. I try to put my energy of exploring and photographing Alaska, its epic landscape offering photo tours and workshops. This has continued to ished my career as a park ranger and photographer, I serve as and efforts into creating images that are different than what I continues to captivate me both personally as an observer and evolve over time, and I'm now offering tours throughout Chairman of the non-profit Friends of Dick Proenneke and typically see out there. professionally as an artist. Alaska and the U.S. Lake Clark National Park.

Matthew Quaid John Hyde Hugh Rose GreatNorthernImages.com WildThingsPhotography.com HughRosePhotography.com Guest Artist Anchorage, Alaska Juneau, Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Canon Canon Canon Yumi Kawaguchi October November December @Dogwood_Studio_Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska I was born and raised in Anchorage My photography was born from my I have lived and photographed and developed a love for being appreciation of all things wild and in northern climates most of I create my images by outside at a young age. When I by an inherent quest to explore the my life, with the latter part of it hand pressing hand-carved started taking pictures, I quickly natural world around me. I can't in Alaska. The natural beauty I woodblocks onto Japanese became hooked on capturing my imagine doing anything else that found here compelled me to leave paper (washi), through adventures to share with friends and family. I began spending would provide the satisfaction I receive from sharing my work a 10-year career in geology to explore and photograph its a traditional woodcut more and more time outside, sometimes sitting for hours with others, opening windows that help enrich their lives and vast landscapes and wildlife. Both nature and a camera printmaking process. Each print is an original with slight to study the landscape and surrounding wildlife. Years later, appreciation for the intrinsic values of wild things and wild have intrigued me since childhood, and I enjoy exploring variations based on ink applications and multiple layers I find myself in the same position, spending long periods places. Students often ask me what the "perfect picture" is and interpreting the world’s natural beauty through my of different colors. My art is inspired through time spent of time to get that perfect shot. I've had the luck of both and that is simple: The perfect picture is the one that drives photography. Over the years I've expanded my work as a outside enjoying nature and watching wildlife. From these witnessing and photographing many great spectacles of you to make another. Each image should be viewed as a naturalist, photographer and guide, and take pleasure in observations I use my imagination to express both what I saw nature that will forever remain in my memory. stepping stone to the next. That is the philosophy that drives sharing Alaska's tremendous beauty with clients from all over and felt in these rich experiences. my creative vision. the world. 2 0 2 2

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Now in its fourth decade, this calendar enjoys a worldwide following by those who share a love for Alaska’s unparalleled wilderness landscape and the wildlife that INSIDE Aurora borealis, Brooks Range Amy J Johnson Wolves, AK Wildlife Cons. Ctr. Donna Dewhurst Dundas Bay, Glacier Bay NP Sean Neilson make it their home.  12 photos from Alaska’s top photographers Each year we select the best images from Alaska’s photographers and feature  350+ Alaska history dates their work in this locally-produced publication. They spend hours trekking  Photo location map and natural history commentary Alaska's mountains and tundra in cold, rain, sunshine, and under the shimmering  Monthly Alaska Native aurora-filled night skies in order to bring words and translations you outstanding nature photography. Orcas, Prince William Sound Daryl Pederson Arrigetch, Gates of the Arctic NP Patrick J Endres Brown bears, Lake Clark NP Ron Niebrugge  Illustrations by block print We are proud to present their work and artist Yumi Yamaguchi share with you the enduring natural  Meet the photographers beauty of the “greatland.”  2022 annual calendar Donna Dewhurst Sean Neilson Visit GreatlandGraphics.com to order Patrick J Endres Ron Niebrugge from our full line of award-winning Alaska Fred Hirschmann Daryl Pederson calendars and distinctive Alaska art. John Hyde Matthew Quaid Wildflowers, Vitus Lake Fred Hirschmann Bull moose, Anchorage Ryan MillerWonder Lake, Denali NP Patrick J Endres For more about guest artist Yumi Yamaguchi Amy J Johnson Hugh Rose visit www.etsy.com/people/DogwoodStudioAK Ryan Miller

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