Native Village of Unalakleet. Unalakleet in Inupiat language means literally "Winds coming from the East." This is clearly visible in this image as the squall in the image came from the east and was soon raining on the Unalakleet Airport.

Thermokarst on melting permafrost caused by improper road construction.

Mother and daughter going to harvest blueberries on the family ATV.

Drying coho salmon on racks

Looking over the Unalakleet River Delta over sparse trees and foliage of the Alaska sub-Arctic.

Unalakleet seen through the sparse trees and foliage of the Alaska sub-Arctic.

Remains of cargo plane used for storage at Unalakleet Airport.

Bush plane with oversize tires at Unalakleet Airport. Bush airliner is white aircraft in background.

Interior of bush airliner on the trip from Unalakleet to Anchorage. Security seems a little lighter than in the Lower 48.

Flying over the Unalakleet River Delta showing oxbow lakes and bends on the low gradient area next to Norton Sound.

Flying over the Unalakleet River Delta in the late afternoon on the way to Anchorage. Norton Sound in upper right.

Kathy and William Ruddy, noted Alaskan historians, ethnographers, and legal authorities, examining the Kohklux map brought by Dr. John Cloud to Alaska for use by scholars and native corporations. This was made possible through a grant from NOAA's Preserve America Initiative.

Glacial outwash line is demarcated by juncture between aqua and darker waters.

A scene on Lynn Canal with cloud-shrouded mountain peaks.

Near the junction of the MacKenzie and Red River of the North.

A fall scene along the Dempster Highway headed north to the MacKenzie River

A fall scene along the Dempster Highway headed north to the MacKenzie River. Cloud reflections on the Peel River.

A scene along the Peel River on the Dempster Highway.

A stand of rosehips, a major source of vitamin C, along the Peel River.

A view along the Peel River along the Dempster Highway.

A view along the Dempster Highway while traveling above the Yukon River. This is known as the Den of the Giant Frog, Ts'al Cho An in northern Tutchone, an Athabascan native language. This is shown on Chief Kohklux's map of the Yukon.

White volcanic ash layer which marks major volcanic eruption. This layer is known as the White River Ash and was formed from a super eruption of Mount Churchill in about 650 A.D. Mount Churchill is located close to Mt. St. Elias.

A view along the Yukon River looking towards the area of the Den of the Giant Frog, Ts'al Cho An in northern Tutchone, an Athabascan native language. This is shown on Chief Kohklux's map of the Yukon.

Dr. John Cloud north of the Arctic Circle (just north).

Crossing the Arctic Red river at Tsiigehtchic.

Crossing the Arctic Red river at Tsiigehtchic.

Downtown inner city Inuvik near the delta of the MacKenzie River.

Inuvik community greenhouse established in cooperation with Aurora Community College.

The Catholic Church at Inuvik, known as the "Igloo Church."

The "Drunken Forest", black spruce near the Arctic tree line. These trees are tipping because the underlying permafrost is melting and refreezing throughout the seasons. During melt periods, the trees tip over.

A scene along the MacKenzie River, the second longest river in North America and the largest north flowing river.

The village of Tsiigehtchic on the Arctic Red River in Canada's Northwest Territories.

A fish smokehouse in Tsiigehtchic at the junction of the Arctic Red River and the Mackenzie River.

Curing whitefish - this process produces dryfish, a hardly smoked dried fish. This is a solar dried fish. These fish are not salted, thus deteriorate more rapidly than salted fish but taste better to most palates.

Curing "coney" fish by smoking. The name is a corruption of the French term "poisson inconnu" for an unknown fish which is phonetically similar. Inconnu is also the common name for (Stenodus leucichthys) is a species of freshwater whitefish of the family Salmonidae

Artisanal native fishing boats on the MacKenzie River at Tsiigehtchic.

Possibly inconnu, a species of freshwater whitefish.

Looking into Windy Pass Valley along the Dempster Highway. This valley has been unglaciated for the last 100,000 years and pollen analysis indicates that the indigenous composition of plants has remained constant during this period. Hence, this flora is what early human emigrants encountered when migrating to North America.

Autumn on the tundra north of Whitehorse in the Ogilvie Mountains.

Willows, cottonwood, aspen and spruce in autumn along the Dempster Highway in the Ogilvie Mountains.

Willows, cottonwood, aspen and spruce in autumn along the Dempster Highway in the Ogilvie Mountains.

Waterfall on the road from Whitehorse to Skagway.

Main stem of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse.

Emerald Lake. The greenish color is from carbonate material that has eroded from surrounding limestone rocks.

Waterfall on the road to Skagway from Whitehorse.

Cedar boat built in 2009 in Klukwan as part of a major revival of Tlingit arts and technology.

Paddles for cedar boat built in 2009 in Klukwan as part of a major revival of Klingit arts and technology. Boat built from one big log that is repeatedly carved out and burned out.

various Alaska historical and cultural experts at the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center in Haines. Lee Heinmiller facing camera, head of Alaska Indian Arts Inc. An adopted member of the Tlingit nation.

Lee Heinmiller at Alaska Indian Arts, Inc.

Approaching Juneau from the north. Mendenhall Glacier is seen in middle of image.