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Admiralty IslandKnown as the "Fortress of the Bears," this amazing island in Southeast Alaska has the highest concentration of brown bears and bald eagles in the world. It is a place of old growth forest and great beauty. Left: Seaweed adorns tide flats at low tide near Pack Creek. Below: On a typical Southeast Alaska morning, misty clouds surround peaks and an island in Chapin Bay at the south end of Admiralty. |
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| Left: A Sitka blacktailed deer gets a lick in while grazing on sedges at Pack Creek. | |||||||||||||||||
| At Mole Harbor (below, left and below), we use our Zodiac skiff to get ashore to explore a bit of the Cross Admiralty Canoe Route. Bear sign are everywhere on the beach. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Admiralty is a place of magic. Above, glass calm waters reflect peaks on the appropriately named Glass Peninsula. Below, soft sunset colors tint the boat's wake near the west shore of Admiralty Island. | |||||||||||||||||
| Above: At Pack Creek, two U.S. Forest Service workers "commute" home after their day's work is done.
Below: A young brown bear successfully splashes after a salmon in Pack Creek. |
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