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	Woman Hiking ANWR Alaska Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Brooks Range. Nancy Lewis hikes across aufeis in the upper...
	Aurora Borealis Moon Reflections Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean The colorful dancing lights named the Aurora borealis, the reflections from the moon and the twinkling of the stars create this magical picture over the Beaufort Sea/Arctic Ocean in Alaska, USA. From the glow of the dancing green, purple and yellow lights known as the Aurora borealis and the...
	Crowley Tugboat Sunset Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Alaska A Crowley tugboat at sunset pushes a barge through the icebergs which are scattered across the Arctic Ocean/Beaufort Sea in Alaska, USA. As the yellow sunset glow spans across the sky above the Arctic Ocean/Beaufort Sea in Alaska, USA,...
	White Spruce Tree Spruce Grouse Central Brooks Range Alaska A Spruce Grouse nestled in a White Spruce tree along the edge of a Boreal forest in the Central Brooks Range in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. Sitting on a White Spruce tree at the northern edge of a Boreal Forest in the Central Brooks Range...
	Muskox Amongst Fall Tundra Arctic National Wildlife Refuge A muskox stands amongst the fall colors spanning across the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA while a mild snowstorm moves in over the area. The tundra across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA is beautiful when adorned in...
	Arctic Ocean Northern Lights Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The glow of the moon shines across the tranquil surface of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA as the Northern Lights dance across the sky. Stars twinkle across the sky over the Arctic Ocean as curtains of magical lights known as the...
	Kaktovik Inupiat Village Aerial Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Aerial view of the Inupiat village of Kaktovik located on Barter Island on the border of the Arctic Coastal Plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The small Inupiat village of Kaktovik is situated on the north coastal shores of Barter Island in...
	Aurora Borealis Sunset Sea Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The sky over the scattered iceberg surface of the Beaufort Sea off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA, glows with a green Aurora borealis at sunset. The stillness of the Beaufort Sea off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska,...
	Aurora Borealis Reflections Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The dark night sky over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA is aglow in brilliant colors created by the Aurora borealis. As the sky darkens above the Beaufort Sea/Arctic Ocean in Alaska, USA, the Aurora borealis becomes...
	Arctic Ocean Fata Morgana Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska A fata morgana, also called an Arctic mirage, is a fairly common sight seen over the Arctic Ocean in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. Dark clouds blanket the sky over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA leaving a small...
	Aurora Borealis Beaufort Sea Arctic National Wildlife Refuge On a clear night near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Beaufort Sea becomes a picture of reflections as the Aurora borealis dance over the water with the moon showing of its beauty. As the moon shines across the surface of the Beaufort Sea off the coast of the Arctic National...
	Bowhead Whale Sunset Butchering Kaktovik Village Alaska During the sunset hours, Inupiat men from the village of Kaktovik in Alaska, USA begin the butchering of a Bowhead Whale recently harpooned in the Arctic Ocean. After harpooning a Bowhead Whale, two men from the village of Kaktovik in Alaska, USA start to make...
	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Autumn Snow Alaska Across the tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA, the autumn hues are brilliant while the mountain peaks receive their first blanket of snow. A 19.2 million acre reserve in Alaska, USA makes up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge where...
	Beaufort Sea Sunset Cloud Formations Alaska USA Fascinating cloud formations are displayed over the Beaufort Sea in Alaska, USA where a sunset shows off its array of vibrant colors as icebergs drift about below. As beautiful as this sunset above the Beaufort Sea near the Arctic Coastal Plain of the Arctic...
	Harpooned Bowhead Whale Coastal Sunset Kaktovik Alaska As the sunset hues highlight the sky, a couple of men begin to butcher a recently harpooned Bowhead Whale where it is laid to rest on the coastal shores in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. The sky is an array of beautiful colors at sunset over the Arctic Ocean, but the sight along the...
	Beaufort Sea Aurora Borealis Sunset Alaska USA A beautiful picture of the Aurora borealis dancing over the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA as the sunset lighting slowly fades away. Curtains of green and purple lights of the Aurora borealis, display their beauty amongst the sunset...
	Polar Bear Bowhead Whale Carcass Arctic National Wildlife Refuge A Polar Bear scours the beach along the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA and finds himself a Bowhead Whale Carcass to feed on. After a Bowhead Whale has been harpooned and butchered for its blubber by members of an Inupiat...
	Beaufort Sea Arctic Ocean Northern Lights Alaska The Northern Lights across the Arctic sky showing off their beautiful reflections in the Arctic Ocean (Beaufort Sea) in Alaska with small icebergs passing in the light. The Northern Lights show off their beautiful curtains of green and yellow hues as they dance...
	Arctic Ocean Sunset Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska The glowing yellow colors at sunset mixed in with the thick clouds above the Arctic Ocean in the cold climate in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Dark, thick clouds span across the sky above the Arctic Ocean (Beaufort Sea) as the rays from the...
	Beaufort Sea Sunset Photographers Alaska Photographers capture some incredible sunset pictures along the shores of the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. Icebergs dot the surface of the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as...
	Kaktovik Village Children Butchered Bowhead Whale Alaska Inupiat children stand next to the head of a butchered Bowhead Whale near the village of Kaktovik in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The Eskimo people from the village of Kaktovik in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska...
	Kaktovik Inupiat Village Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska The buildings and homes in the Inupiat village of Kaktovik with the beautiful snow covered peaks of the Romanzof Mountains in the backdrop in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Towering above the Inupiat village of Kaktovik on Barter Island in the Arctic National Wildlife...
	Polar Bear Mother With Cubs Beaufort Sea Beach A mother Polar Bear with her two cubs, stands on her hind legs in search of danger along the beach of the Beaufort Sea in Alaska, USA. Standing at a height between six to eight feet on her hind legs, a mother Polar scours the area for...
	Polar Bear Family Beach Walking Beaufort Sea Alaska A Polar Bear family walking along the coastal beach of the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. Along the beach of the Beaufort Sea off the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in...
	Polar Bears Bowhead Whale Meal Beaufort Sea Beach Polar Bears, a mother and her two cubs, enjoy a meal from the carcass of a Bowhead Whale on the beach of the Beaufort Sea in Alaska, USA. A mother Polar Bear finds a good meal for her cubs from a Bowhead Whale carcass on the beach along...
	Polar Bears Watching For Danger Beaufort Sea Coastline A mother Polar Bear watching for any danger, while her two young cubs stand on their hind legs scouting the area along the coastline of the Beaufort Sea. While feeding on a carcass of a Bowhead Whale along the coastline of the Beaufort Sea, the cubs and...
	Cute Polar Bear Family Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Two cute Polar Bear cubs stay close to their mother, a family unit, on a beach along the coastline of the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. A cute Polar Bear family, a mother and her two cubs spend some time together along the coastline of...
	Polar Bear Sunset Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Alaska A Bowhead whale skull surfaces in the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska at sunset as a Polar Bear stands on a thin strip of land. A pink hue sweeps across the sky at sunset over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a...
	Arctic Fox Autumn Tundra Brooks Range Alaska An Arctic Fox runs free across the golden Autumn colours that adorn the tundra on the North Side of Brooks Range in Alaska, USA. Golden colours explode from the Autumn tundra on the North side of Brooks Range in Alaska, USA as...
	Polar Bear Beaufort Sea Coastline Alaska USA A Polar Bear walks along the Beaufort Sea coastline in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA searching out any signs of food. Before winter arrives and the Beaufort Sea coastline in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in...
	Arctic Ground Squirrel Picture Arctic Tundra Alaska After an Autumn snowfall blankets the tundra in Alaska, USA, an Arctic Ground Squirrel forages for food. Autumn has brought in early signs of winter and blanketed the tundra in the Arctic National...
	Large Musk Ox Bull Arctic National Wildlife Refuge A large musk ox bull roams the Autumn tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. An Autumn snowstorm blows across the Arctic tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in...
	Musk Ox Trio Family Gathering Alaska A trio of musk ox wanders the Arctic tundra as a family while others are gathering elsewhere in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. A family of musk ox stay close together as they wander across the Autumn tundra in the Arctic...
	Wildlife Musk Ox Family Bonding Picture Wildlife is plentiful in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska where a musk ox family spends time bonding. A mother muskox bonding with her calf amongst the Autumn colors of the tundra in the Arctic...
	Musk Ox In Autumn Snow Alaska USA Snow falls around a musk ox during the Autumn in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. A bull musk ox roams amongst the willows during the Autumn in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...
	Musk Ox Side Profile Arctic National Wildlife Refuge A musk ox stands amongst the willows during the Autumn in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska where we captured his side profile. The side profile of a muskox on the Autumn tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska,...
	Swimming Polar Bear Icebergs Beaufort Sea A Polar Bear peacefully swimming amid icebergs in the Beaufort Sea along the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. Small icebergs float in the Beaufort Sea in Alaska during the winter climate while Polar Bears swim...
	Polar Bear Iceberg Climbing Arctic Waters A Polar Bear climbing onto an iceberg out of the cold Arctic waters along the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA as seagulls quickly disperse. Seagulls which are happily resting atop an iceberg in the Beaufort Sea, will quickly disappear once...
	Shaking Polar Bear Beaufort Sea Iceberg A polar bear shaking all the water out of his coat on an iceberg in the Beaufort Sea along the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Once a Polar Bear has emerged from the Beaufort Sea or any mass of water, he will vigorously shake...
	Swimming Polar Bear With Boat Alaska As a Polar Bear enjoys swimming in the Beaufort Sea in Alaska, USA, a boat watches from a safe distance so as not to scare off the bear in his own natural habitat. While Polar Bear watching from a boat, one should never venture too close to these massive animals...
	Polar Bear Head Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastline A Polar Bear keeps its head above the surface of the Beaufort Sea off the coastline of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA. A Polar Bear is very bouyant while swimming in the cold waters of the Beaufort Sea off the...
	Ovibos Muschatus Musk Ox Bull A crown of horns and a shaggy coat makes this Musk Ox Bull, aka Ovibos muschatus, easy to identify. A large bull muskoxen stands on the arctic coastal plain of ANWR on the North side of the Brooks...