MuskOx-AK-1
Day 3 on the Dalton Highway : the Musk Oxen! Our guide noticed tiny brown specs off in the distant tundra as we traveled south on the Dalton Highway from Deadhorse to Coldfoot. Sure enough, there was a small herd of Musk Oxen. We were delighted - and four of us trekked about 1.5 miles through fairly deep snow to get close to them with our long lenses. Our efforts paid off - they were amazing to see close up! To be safe, we grouped together to appear as one large body instead of standing separately. All their noses were snow covered from eating grass.
According to the AK Dept of Fish and Game, "Muskox are native to Alaska, but were extirpated by the 1920s. In 1930, 34 muskox captured in East Greenland were transplanted to Alaska, and all muskox in Alaska today are descended from these animals."
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=muskox.main
This is one of two photographs juried into the top 250 finalists of the 2015 "Share the View" annual International Nature Photography Competition sponsored by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Thank you!
denveraudubon.contestvenue.com/top250.php, page 9.
Also, I am thrilled to share more good news: this image of a muskox in the blowing snow on the North Slope of AK last fall was juried into the Best of Nature Photography Exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum, theNAT, in Balboa Park. The show will be in The Ordover Gallery, April 28 - August 28, 2016. The museum reported that 251 photographers entered a total of 1273 images. 73 were selected for the exhibit.
MuskOx-AK-1
Day 3 on the Dalton Highway : the Musk Oxen! Our guide noticed tiny brown specs off in the distant tundra as we traveled south on the Dalton Highway from Deadhorse to Coldfoot. Sure enough, there was a small herd of Musk Oxen. We were delighted - and four of us trekked about 1.5 miles through fairly deep snow to get close to them with our long lenses. Our efforts paid off - they were amazing to see close up! To be safe, we grouped together to appear as one large body instead of standing separately. All their noses were snow covered from eating grass.
According to the AK Dept of Fish and Game, "Muskox are native to Alaska, but were extirpated by the 1920s. In 1930, 34 muskox captured in East Greenland were transplanted to Alaska, and all muskox in Alaska today are descended from these animals."
www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=muskox.main
This is one of two photographs juried into the top 250 finalists of the 2015 "Share the View" annual International Nature Photography Competition sponsored by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Thank you!
denveraudubon.contestvenue.com/top250.php, page 9.
Also, I am thrilled to share more good news: this image of a muskox in the blowing snow on the North Slope of AK last fall was juried into the Best of Nature Photography Exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum, theNAT, in Balboa Park. The show will be in The Ordover Gallery, April 28 - August 28, 2016. The museum reported that 251 photographers entered a total of 1273 images. 73 were selected for the exhibit.