Photos Scenery

Photo Gallery of Scenery at Utqiaġvik and Atqasuk (and occasionally elsewhere in Alaska)

All pictures were taken by AEP personnel, please feel free to use them for educational purposes.
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life in the tundra

Around Utqiaġvik

Midnight sun over the ocean.

Grand Valley State University (GVSU) and Florida International University (FIU) flags wave in the air.

Barge in the ocean.

Landscape with small lakes and ponds.

Sun over the Arctic ocean.

Sun over the sea ice.

Sea ice close up.

Sea ice close up.

Sea ice close up.

Sea ice migrates away from shoreline.

Cottongrass scattered across tundra.

Fog rolls in over landscape.

Close up of sea ice.

Close up of sea ice.

Close up of sea ice.

Midnight sun over the ocean.

Whale bones arch in front of sunset.

Hallway of laboratory.

Row of houses.

Whale bones arch for dramatic effect.

Data tower is covered with snow.

Town buildings from a distance with setting sun.

Sea ice is migrating from shoreline.

Sun is setting in August.

Sea ice is returning along shoreline.

Whale bones arch in front of setting sun and ocean.

Setting sun on ocean horizon in August.

Row of industrial buildings.

Exterior of laboratory.

Research site in tundra.

Landscape view of plants in Utqiagvik.

Fog rolls in across landscape.

Research site in tundra.

Research site in tundra.

Snowman stands tall among landscape.

Landscape with plants and dark sky.

Arctic sun sets beyond the ocean horizon.

Sunset photo between telephone poles.

Plants during the middle of season along pathway.

Sun sets across the landscape.

Buildings and truck located in the town.

Pathway extends to research sites.

Rainbow across the sky.

Panoramic view of rainbow in sky.

White, fluffy clouds across the sky and green vegetation on ground.

Sea ice along the shoreline.

Snow fence between buildings.

Boardwalk extends into tundra.

Sun sets across the tundra.

White fluffy clouds across the horizon and sky.

Historic buildings and laboratory spaces.

View of research site from a distance.

Tent sits on tundra landscape.

Historic house sits on tundra landscape.

Around Atqasuk

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds and chamber in the foreground.

View as we approach the tent staging area.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

The sun sets across the village buildings.

Abandoned boat is far from town on tundra vegetation.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

View of small pond or river on landscape.

Pink plumes decorate the tundra ground.

Close up of tundra vegetation.

Landscape photo with large, dark clouds.

Chambers are covered in snow.

Sun sets across landscape with pond in foreground.

Sun sets across landscape.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

Shoreline of Meade River.

Boardwalk extends across research site.

Boardwalk extends across research site with chambers.

Shoreline of Meade River.

Boardwalk extends across site with chambers.

Shoreline of Meade River.

Boardwalk extends across site with chambers.

Boardwalk extends across research site with chambers.

Close up of Pink Plumes on landscape.

Shoreline of Meade River.

Sun sets over landscape and river.

Landscape photo with large, fluffy clouds.

View of town from a distance.

Meade River.

Historic lab space.

Historic drilling supplies on landscape.

Buildings across landscape.

Vegetation has gone to seed across the landscape.

Shoreline of Meade River.

Rainbow over town buildings.

Student walks away from ATV on landscape.

Panoramic view of research site.

Cottongrass flowers are scattered across landscapes.

Snow on the bank of the Meade River.

Meade River.

Historic drilling supplies across tundra landscape.

Eroding bank.

View of pathway to town.

Shoreline of Meade River.

Three students walk above a riverbank.

View of nearby lake in Atqasuk.

From the Plane

Aerial view of shoreline.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of tundra landscape.

Aerial view of mountain range.

Aerial view of mountain range.

Aerial view of mountain range.

Aerial view of sea ice.

Aerial view of sea ice.

Aerial view of an Inuit village.

Aerial view of tundra landscape with clouds.

Aerial view of shoreline.

Aerial view of Utqiagvik shoreline with buildings.

Aerial view of snow across tundra landscape.

The Dalton Highway and Toolik Lake

Boardwalk extends to site with fall vegetation.

Sunset reflected in a lake.

View of mountain range in the fall.

View of vegetation and pathway in the fall.

Pipeline extends across the landscape.

View of mountain range and winding road in the fall.

View of mountain range and winding road in the fall.

View of road with vegetation in the fall.

View of snow-covered mountain.

View of snow-covered mountain.

View of snow-covered mountain.

View of snow-covered mountain and reflective lake.

View of snow-covered mountain and reflective lake.

View of snow-covered mountain range.

Lateral view of Molar mountain.

View of mountain range in the fall.

View of mountain range in the fall.

View of alpine vegetation in the fall.

Elsewhere in Alaska

View of mountains from cement pathway.

View of vegetation in foreground and mountain range in background.

View of winding road along mountain range.

View of two logs in front of a mountain range.

View of Anchorage, Alaska from a distance.

Anchorage is nestled among the mountain ranges.

View of mountain range across water.

Dock in Homer, Alaska.

Winding river in southern Alaska.

Thick forest vegetation and pathway.

Denali mountain range in the background, hidden by some clouds.

Tall trees line the edge of a pathway through the woods.

Winding river in southern Alaska.

Pathway along the mountain ranges.

Pathway among the birch trees.

Ptarmigan overlooks a snowy mountain range and green valley.

View of Exit Glacier.

Moss hangs off of tree limbs.

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