Alaska's Marine Highway - Humpback Whale Breaching
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: This massive animal shows surprising speed and grace as it breaches near the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Location: Alaska... More
Alaska's Marine Highway - Crested Auklet
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: You cannot complete your birding life-list until you visit the Aleutian Islands and see a Crested auklet. Found only along this route of... More
Alaska's Marine Highway - Fur Seal and Harem
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A male fur seal basks on the rocks in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Location: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge,... More
Seabirds 2, National Parks Birds Images
Flocks of black-legged kittiwakes and glaucous-winged gulls in the Chiswell Islands, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Jim Pfeiffenberger
Gulls flying by cliffs - Public domain natural history illustration
Flocks of black-legged kittiwakes and glaucous-winged gulls in the Chiswell Islands, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Jim Pfeiffenberger
Kittiwakes near cliffs - National Parks Gallery
Flocks of black-legged kittiwakes and glaucous-winged gulls in the Chiswell Islands, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Jim Pfeiffenberger
Seabirds in the fog - Public domain natural history illustration
Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres, Horned Puffins, all swirling in the fog and the mist around Beehive Island in the Chiswell Island Group, part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. NPS Photo/B... More
An excavator operated by Bristol Environmental Remediation
An excavator operated by Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, digs up contaminated soil and old, rusted diesel drums June 20 during an environmental cleanup project at Attu Island. During the projec... More
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District, looks on as employees with Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, load and prepa... More
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District, displays a piece of contaminated soil June 20 at Attu Island, Alaska. During an environmen... More
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used
Andy Sorum, project manager with the Formerly Used Defense Sites program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District, looks out over an excavated area of land June 20 at Attu Island, Alaska. The flags represe... More
John Mura, an unexploded ordinance technician for Bristol
John Mura, an unexploded ordinance technician for Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC, secures a load of contaminated soil before it is taken to a staging area, where it will be shipped out by barge... More
A plaque memorializing both Japanese and American Soldiers
A plaque memorializing both Japanese and American Soldiers who died during the Battle of Attu during World War II looks out toward Engineer Hill at Attu Island, Alaska.
Several cormorants and a seagull nest on a dock in
Several cormorants and a seagull nest on a dock in Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska. The remote island is now home to its only remaining inhabitants – hundreds of migratory and Asiatic bird species.
Two Aleutian cackling geese soar through the sky near
Two Aleutian cackling geese soar through the sky near Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska. The remote island is now home to its only remaining inhabitants – hundreds of migratory and Asiatic bird species.
Fogs rolls onto Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska.
Fogs rolls onto Massacre Bay at Attu Island, Alaska. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District recently wrapped up an environmental cleanup project on the island this season. During the project, the Corp... More
Aleutian Islands Reservation EO 1733 illustration
Illustration of the Aleutian Islands Reservation, Alaska. This map is an attachment to s:Executive Order 1733 which originally defined the reservation in 1913. It became the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife ... More
Amak Island EO 5318 illustration - Public domain map
Illustration of Amak Island, part of the Aleutian Islands Reservation in Alaska. This map is an attachment to s:Executive Order 5318 which added Amak Island to the reservation in 1930. The reservation is today... More
Amaknak Island EO 5243 illustration
Illustration of Amaknak Island, part of the Aleutian Islands Reservation in Alaska. This map is an attachment to s:Executive Order 5243 which removed some lands on Amaknak Island from the reservation in 1929. ... More
Bogoslof Reservation EO 1049 illustration
Illustration of the Bogoslof Reservation, Alaska. This map is an attachment to s:Executive Order 1049 which originally defined the reservation in 1909. It became the Bogoslof National Wildlife Refuge, and in 1... More
Arctic Fox on High Bluffs St George Island
Arctic Fox on High Bluffs, St George Island
Agattu Island Steller Sea Lion bull
Agattu Island, Steller Sea Lion bull
Aiugunak Pinnacles Steller Sea lions
Aiugunak Pinnacles, Steller Sea lions
Birds in flight
St. George Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Photo: USFWS
Alopex lagopus cub (summer coat)
Alopex lagopus cub, summer coat
AMNWR map
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge map
AMNWR map
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge map
Auklet flock Kasatochi Island
Auklet flock, Kasatochi Island
Auklet flock Shumagins 1986
Auklet flock, Shumagins 1986
Black-legged Kittiwake AMNWR
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-legged Kittiwake nests Castle Rock Shumagin Islands
Black-legged Kittiwake nests, Castle Rock, Shumagin Islands
Ochre Sea Star
this Ochre Sea Star was found on St. Lazaria Island where it plays a key role in managing the biodiversity of the intertidal zone by feeding on mussels. Through their diet, these sea stars clear mussels from r... More
Pribilof sunset, Alaska Maritime NWR (5123475497)
A sunset adds drama to the high bluffs of St. George Island, one of the Pribilof Islands in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. (Dean Kildaw/USFWS)
Steller seals, Alaska Maritime NWR (5124078062)
Steller sea lions haul out at the Aiugunak Pinnacles in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (http://alaska.fws.gov/nwr/akmar/index.htm). (Ed Bailey/USFWS)
Caribou Herd and Isanotski Peak
Caribou Herd and Isanotski Peak. Isanotski Peak is located on Unimak Island. This island is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge but is administered by the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Cepphus columba6
Pigeon Guillemots, St. Lazaria NWR, Alaska
Horned puffin (9151950615)
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Greg Thomson
Horned puffin trio, Alaska Maritime NWR (5123474235)
A dapper trio of horned puffins perch along the water at Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. (USFWS)
MV Tiglax and Steller Sea lions
M/V Tiglax and Steller Sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)
Pluvialis dominica1
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica, Alaska Maritime National Wildlfie Refuge, Nome, Alaska.
Afognak coastline - A large body of water surrounded by trees
The Kazakof Bay on the Afognak island coastline Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Aleutian Island Unit
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Aleutian Island Unit[1] Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; Chagulak Island in the Aleut...
Chagulak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge[1]
Alopex lagopus cub in grass
Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) head shot in summer coloration in grass in Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Deutsch: Kopf eines Polarfuchses in Sommerfarben im Gras im Alaska Maritime National Wi... More
Alopex lagopus standing on Nizke Island
Close view of Arctic fox on Nizki Island. Fox is in defensive position. Deutsch: Nahaufnahme eines Polarfuches auf Nizki Island, Alaska, Vereinigte Staaten. Der Fuchs nimmt eine defensive Haltung ein
APRCape Thompson, Biologist at Murre plot, August 1995
APRCape Thompson, Biologist at Murre plot, August 1995 [1]
Bendel Island coastline
Bendel Island coastline. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Big Koniuji Black-legged Kittiwake colony
Big Koniuji Black-legged Kittiwake colony
Big Koniuji Island - A large body of water with mountains in the backg...
Big Koniuji Island [1] Public domain photograph of mountain island, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Black-legged Kittiwakes and Murres
Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) and Murres (Uria aalge), Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Calidris ptilocnemis1 - A small bird standing on top of a grass covere...
Rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis), Aleutian Islands, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Castle Cape, Alaska Peninsula Unit
Castle Cape, Alaska Peninsula Unit, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife RefugeTransferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : http://www.fws.gov/digitalmedia/FullRes/natdiglib/8831C541-1143-3066-40168BF1801D933B.j... More
Ceryle alcyon1 - A black and white bird sitting on a log
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon, St. Lazaria Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Chen canagica Adak Island 1
Emperor Goose Chen canagica, Adak Island, Alaska Maritime NWR, Alaska, USA.
Chen canagica, Amchitka 1
Emperor Geese Chen canagica in winter, Amchitka, Alaska Maritime NWR, Alaska, USA
Crested Auklet pair - Two black birds sitting on a rock with yellow fl...
Pair of Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella), Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Double-crested Cormorants Nesting
Double-crested Cormorants Nesting, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge[1]
East Amatuli Island, Barren Islands, July 1985
East Amatuli Island, Barren Islands, July 1985[1] Picryl description: Public domain photograph of National Park, nature, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan male (cropped)
Male Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus evermanni), Attu island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan male
Male Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus evermanni), Attu island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel, St. Lazaria Island, Alaska
Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata), St. Lazaria Island, Alaska[1]
Forrester Island Wilderness
Forrester Island Wilderness in the U.S. state of Alaska ; national wildlife refuge since 1912 and "wilderness area" since 1970 Français : zone de chablis naturel dans l'île de Forrester, (Alaska/USA), classée z... More
Fox trapping USFW - A man standing next to a bunch of dead animals
Fox trapping on Unimak
Fratercula corniculataUSFWS-DI-AMNWR-0438A
Horned Puffin Trio (Fratercula corniculata)
Fur Seal, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Fur Seal, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge[1]
Hazy Islands Wilderness
Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens) and Sea Lions at Hazy Islands Wilderness, Alaska, USA.
Hazy Islet - A large rock in the middle of the ocean
Hazy Islet, part of the Hazy Islands Wilderness in Alaska, USA.
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Larus hyperboreus-USFWS
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus, Alaska Maritime NWR.
Least Sandpiper and chick
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) and chick, Alaska Maritime NWR
Lesp - A small black bird standing on the ground
Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Lesp1 - A black bird is sitting on the ground
Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Old transpot ship on water
M/V Aleutian Tern near Tanaga Island in the Aleutians in 1977. The boat was a 65-foot converted U.S. Army T-boat, probably from the early 1950s, which served at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge fro... More
Pair of Least Auklets - Two birds sitting on top of a large rock
Pair of Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla) Public domain photograph of a sculpture, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
RedthroatedLoon23(uncropped)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) photographed in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Savannah Sparrow - A small bird perched on top of a plant
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), Chowiet Island, Alaska (Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge)
Thick-billed Murres in Alaska refuge
Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) in Alaska refuge[1]
Tringa glareola-USFWS - A bird is standing in the shallow water
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Amchitka Is, 1973
Zeester - A purple starfish laying on top of a bed of seaweed
Nederlands: Zeester English: Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) Source: AK/RO/00022
Lesp (cropped)
Leach's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Least auklet (9154176142)
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Greg Thomson
Tufted puffins (9192590883)
Tufted Puffins Fratercula cirrhata, Tangik Island, Alaska Maritime Refuge, by Steve Ebbert, USFWS
Unimak Island, Cape Sarichef, Alaska Maritime NWR (5123476801)
Waves pound the coast of Unimak Island in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. (USFWS)
Unimak pass shearwater flock, Alaska Maritime NWR (5124079158)
A flock of migrating shearwaters fills the sky at Unimak Pass on the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. (USFWS)
Bald Eagle on Pier - DPLA - ac36c5ea0382ffc041639f23f023b2ff
Note: Some of the following information may have arrived from the agency cut off or incomplete. Alternative Title: Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Creator: Rhode, Elaine. Subjects: Birds; Eagles; Raptors; Birds of pr... More
Black-legged kittiwakes flying near cliff - DPLA - 4ff1e02060da8654087...
Note: Some of the following information may have arrived from the agency cut off or incomplete. Alternative Title: Rissa tridactyla. Creator: Hillebrand, Steve. Description: 2006, Castle Rock, Shumagin Alaska M... More
Steller’s Jay by Dillon Hanson USFWS
Stellar’s Jay perched on a piece of wood, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska islands and ocean visitor center bike racks
Image title: Alaska islands and ocean visitor center bike racks, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska maritime national wildlife refuge fields spring
Image title: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in spring Image from Public domain images website, nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/spring-public-domain-images-pictures/alaska-maritime-n... More
Alaska maritime national wildlife refuge
Image title: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Image from Public domain images website, nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/mountain-public-domain-images-pictures/alaska-maritime-national-... More
Birdwatching and photography at alaska maritime national wildlife refu...
Image title: Birdwatching and photography at alaska maritime national wildlife refuge Image from Public domain images website, people-public-domain-images-pictures/birdwatching-and-photography-at-alaska-mari... More
Camp with electric fence
Image title: Cape Thompson. Camp with electric fence Image from Public domain images website, travel-public-domain-images-pictures/camp-with-electric-fence
Field camp on Alaska in winter
Field camp on St. Matthew Island, Alaska, 1984 (The image may be mis-titled; the original source does not say this was winter and the Bering Sea in winter would have more ice.)