Passagiere genießen Whirlpool auf Kreuzfahrt Schiff Endeavour Safari Anchgored Landschaft Cove Thomas Bay Tongass National Forest Alaska USA. Große Bäume, großer Vogel
6740 x 4498 px | 57,1 x 38,1 cm | 22,5 x 15 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
28. Dezember 2016
Ort:
Juneau
Weitere Informationen:
Passengers enjoying hot tub on cruise ship Safari Endeavour anchgored Scenery Cove Thomas Bay Tongass National Forest Alaska USA. Big trees, big birds, big fish, big bears, immense peaks wrapped in great glaciers that break off into bays where great whales spout: This is Southeast Alaska, the state's panhandle. It separates northern British Columbia from the open Pacific with a chain of misty, fjord-footed mountains and a jigsaw puzzle of more than a thousand islands. Known as the Alexander Archipelago, the islands help explain how a region less than 500 miles (800 kilometers) long can have 18, 000 miles (29, 000 kilometers) of shoreline (almost all wild, whereas the longest stretch of undeveloped coast in the contiguous states is 30 miles (50 kilometers), more than 10, 000 estuaries, and 13, 750 river miles (22, 130 kilometers) that host oceangoing fish. About 5 percent of Southeast Alaska is owned by native tribes or the state. Another 12.5 percent makes up Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. All the rest—16.8 million acres (6.8 million hectares)—is the Tongass National Forest.
