A selection of photos from my winter explorations in Alaska. Daylight hours are short and the temperatures often bonechilling, but winter provides ample opportunity for recreation in the snow as well as uniquely Alaskan entertainment like dog sledding and ice carving displays.
An unconventional self-portrait, dwarfed by Denali at sunrise.
Frozen bubbles and cracks in the ice of the proglacial lake where Black Rapids Glacier terminates.
Snowy scene along Jarvis Creek during freeze up in November.
A dog team races along the Tanana River after the start of the 2017 Iditarod in Fairbanks.
Light permeates a frozen waterfall along One Mile Creek in the Alaska Range.
Using flash to illuminate the ice crystals hanging from the ceiling inside a Castner Glacier ice cave.
Dall sheep graze in the alpine tundra of Denali National Park in winter.
A huge piece of ice broken off Black Rapids Glacier performs a balancing act.
Late April view of Denali after a winter of heavy snow.
An employee at the Lodge at Black Rapids plows the lodge driveway during a blizzard in the Alaska Range.
Army soldiers from Fort Greely explore the ice of Black Rapids Glacier on a chilly January day.
Afternoon sun shines on a sled dog inside a doghouse at 20 below zero.
Caribou forage after the first significant snowfall of winter.
Snowmachining with the dog at 20 below zero.
An old barn off Remington Road in Delta Junction stands out against ice fog and fresh snow.
The sun rises at the opposite end of the Tanana River bridge in Big Delta.
A snowshoer approaches a massive wall of ice at the terminus of Canwell Glacier.
Subzero temperatures lead to frosty eyelashes along Castner Creek in the Alaska Range.