Have you had your own frontier science experience in Alaska? Or simply admired Alaskan scenery, wildlife, native art or historic sites?
Share your adventures with us by posting your own photos of the Last Frontier and entering this My Alaska Photo Contest.
My Alaska Photo Contest: Contest photos must depict an Alaskan natural, historical or cultural image—for example, a grizzly bear, landscape, volcanic flow, native art, evidence of climate change, or other—which is meaningful to you, along with a caption and a few sentences on why it matters to you.
Deadline: The contest runs from April 26 to May 9, 2011.
How to Enter and Vote: Read the complete contest rules. Then submit a photo in JPEG format by clicking on the Enter the Contest and Vote link below, then selecting the [Post Photos] menu option. To vote, click on your favorite photo and select [Rate This Picture]. You must provide an email address to be eligible to win. One photo submission per email address, please.
Or Just Vote: Anyone can vote by clicking on the Enter the Contest and Vote link below and rating a favorite photo (just click on it) by 5 p.m. PST May 9.
Winners: The seven top vote-getters which fit the theme are the winners. The top vote-getter gets first pick of prizes, second place gets second pick, and so on.
We look forward to seeing mementos from fellow Alaska travelers!
Enter the Contest and Vote
Prizes:
Catamaran Tour of Kenai Fjords National Park The Glacier Express, a high speed catamaran, has provided 2 tickets on their 6 hour cruise. You’ll spot abundant wildlife, see tidewater glaciers, and have great photo opportunities on a unforgettable cruise. Donated by Major Marine Tours details here.
Anchorage: Life at the Edge of the Frontier Winner of the Gold Award from the Independent Publisher’s Association, this full color book celebrates Alaska’s largest city and the people who live there. At 10X10 inches 128 pages, and featuring over 140 full color photographs by Anchorage photographer Clark James Mishler, this is the perfect book for anyone interested in America’s northern most state.
The Whale & the Supercomputer A Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner, recounting the effects of climate change on Eskimos by acclaimed science writer Charles Wohlforth. Charles is a lifelong Alaska resident. Wohlforth lives in Anchorage during the winter, where he is an avid cross-country skier, and in the summer on a remote, off-the-grid Kachemak Bay shoreline reachable only by boat.
Brand New Earth Receive a cool volcanic rock from the last dome that collapsed in March 2009 at Redoubt–one of Cook Inlet’s active volcanoes. Also included: ash from the 1992 eruption of Spurr (the eruption featured in the soon-to-be-posted vodcast). Courtesy of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
The Fate of Nature “An important and compelling read. You’ll be intrigued, and you may be changed.”–Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Charles Wohlforth’s new book is a profoundly relevant call to action. In the recent tragic wake of the BP disaster, Wohlforth has chronicled the ongoing crisis for several national publications and his voice has never been more necessary. Using the Alaskan ocean as a model, he presents both a sober indictment of our present state and a hopeful vision for our planet in his “thoughtful and felicitous new book…an inspired view of humankind’s future” (Anchorage Daily News).
The Cape Alitak Petroglyphs Woody Knebel spent over 10 years studying, drawing, photographing and experiencing the mysteries of the windswept Cape Alitak. Knebel’s synthesis makes the petroglyphs broadly available for study, interpretation, and artistic inpiration. The book is a companion to the vodcasts on this website. It is published and donated by the Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Preserve.
The Shared Berningia Heritage Water Bottle and The Last Giant of Beringia Book The National Park Service program recognizes and celebrates the natural resources and cultural heritage shared by Russia and the United States on both sides of the Bering Strait. The program seeks local resident, national, and international participation in the preservation and promotes understanding of natural resources and protected lands, as well as working to sustain the cultural vitality of Native peoples of the Beringia region. See: http://www.nps.gov/akso/beringia/ Dan O’Neil’s book explains the mystery of the Bering Land Bridge.