Insider’s Passage

Get a look at America’s Last Frontier from a seasoned nature photographer who makes his home in Alaska

By Jeff Wignall, Photography By Ron Niebrugge

Updated July 1, 2016

When Seward, Alaska-based photographer Ron Niebrugge needs something great to photograph, he doesn’t have to look far.

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Originally Published December 7, 2010

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