Alaska By Sea

Tremendous photo opportunities await in America’s Great White North

Text And Photography By Kerrick James

Published December 16, 2008
Updated July 1, 2016

Analogous to the snowbirds who flock to my Arizona desert home for sun in the depths of winter, I seek cool and inviting climes every summer when our annual round of 100 days over 100 degrees begins. And every summer I’m drawn again to Alaska, not just to chill, but to revel in and explore and photograph the wonders of our 49th state.

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