Beauty Of Southeast Alaska.

The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, which lies just west of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The majority of the panhandle’s area is part of the Tongass National Forest.

Southeast Alaska is a spectacular region of glacier-cut fjords and islands covered with dense rainforest. Its primary industries are tourism, fishing, and logging. There are few roads through the region, and travel is primarily by boat and float plane. It is also the home to Tlingit and Haida native groups, famous for their totems and their marine and forest adaptations.

Read more about this beautiful place and view  the most amazing pictures on the Carl Safina-blog.

In a world of overfishing, where bears are killed for their gall bladders, here is a different kind of place.  It’s a place where bears are protected, fish swarm, the air is filled with eagles, and people can watch it all at extremely close quarters from a very nicely managed and relatively safe viewing platform and blind.