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Prince William Sound from air, Alaska (June 1986) Most of the land surrounding Prince William Sound is part of the Chugach National Forest, the second largest national forest in the U.S. Prince William Sound is ringed by the steep and glaciated Chugach Mountains.

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska (1986) The Columbia Glacier is a glacier in Prince William Sound on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska is one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world, and has been retreating since the early 1980s.

By Peter Prokosch

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Copper River Delta, Alaska The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America and appears on its Seal. In the late 20th century it was on the brink of extirpation in the continental United States. Populations recovered and the spe...

By Peter Prokosch

Train to Denali National Park, Alaska The Denali National Park is located in Interior Alaska and contains Denali (Mount McKinley), with 6,194 m the highest mountain in North America. The national park and preserve is over 24,500 km², of which 19,120 km² are...

By Peter Prokosch

Snow Sheep or Dall's Sheep (Ovis nivicola borealis), Denali National Park, Alaska The snow sheep inhabit Arctic mountainous areas, e.g. in the northeast of Siberia the Putoran mountains. The snow sheep in North America, here watched in the Denali National Park, is also called Dall's Sheep, and some zo...

By Peter Prokosch

Denali National Park, Alaska The Denali National Park is located in Interior Alaska and contains Denali (Mount McKinley), with 6,194 m the highest mountain in North America. The national park and preserve is over 24,500 km², of which 19,120 km² are...

By Peter Prokosch

Towards Denali National Park, Alaska The Denali National Park is located in Interior Alaska and contains Denali (Mount McKinley), with 6,194 m the highest mountain in North America. The national park and preserve is over 24,500 km², of which 19,120 km² are...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Denali National Park, Kahiltna Glacier near Mount McKinley, Alaska The Denali National Park is located in Interior Alaska and contains Denali (Mount McKinley), with 6,194 m the highest mountain in North America. The national park and preserve is over 24,500 km², of which 19,120 km² are...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Mount McKinley, Denali National Park, Alaska The Denali National Park is located in Interior Alaska and contains Denali (Mount McKinley), with 6,194 m the highest mountain in North America. The national park and preserve is over 24,500 km², of which 19,120 km² are...

By Peter Prokosch

Arctic desert, Olrik Fjord, Northern Greenland Scarcely vegetated slopes at the Olrik fjord are the breeding habitat of red knots. -Some parts of Northern Greenland are not covered by the huge inland ice cap. They contain the most northerly ice-free region of the wor...

By Peter Prokosch

Fjord in between Ice-free West-Greenland All towns and settlements of Greenland are situated along the ice-free coast, with the population being concentrated along the west coast. Significant parts of the hinterland at the central west coast are also ice-free (...

By Peter Prokosch

Khumbu Glacier, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal The Khumbu Glacier is followed for the final part of the trail to Everest Base Camp and is with it's source at 7600 m the highest glacier in the world

By Wenzel Prokosch

Alpine Accentor (Prunilla collaris), Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal The Alpine Accentor is one of the few song birds still found at altitudes higher than 5000m in the Himalaya.

By Wenzel Prokosch

Gorakshep, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal Tourists trekking towards Gorakshep, the last village before Everest base camp.

By Wenzel Prokosch

Farming in the Gorkha Region, Nepal Farming downstream the Himalaya is depending on the water supply originating in the high mountain glaciers

By Wenzel Prokosch

Farming in the Gorkha Region, Nepal Farming downstream the Himalaya is depending on the water supply originating in the high mountain glaciers

By Wenzel Prokosch

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