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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Weekly Post, "The Chugach: Alaska’s Most Expansive Mountain Range" by Robert Glenn Ketchum

 The Chugach:  Alaska’s Most Expansive Mountain Range

by Robert Glenn Ketchum



Alaska’s most expansive mountain range at over 100-miles square. Dozens of summits rise above 10,000ft. and there is snow accumulation of 600 inches or more above 3,000ft.  
~Robert Glenn Ketchum




Thursday, June 8, 2023

THE CHUGACH:  Alaska’s Most Expansive Mountain Range #15
CHUGACH: #15:  
Through a morning haze, Chugach summits and a blue icefall emerge.


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The North Pole: Sitting on Top of the World by Robert Glenn Ketchum

  The North Pole:  Sitting on Top of the World

by Robert Glenn Ketchum




In 1998, and again in 2002, I had the opportunity to visit The North Pole, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, and Yuzhny. Both times the journey was made possible aboard a nuclear Russian ice-breaker. These were unusual voyages into a strange-beautiful landscape, like no other on the planet, so hop aboard, and I will take you to some places you might not ever see otherwise.  
~Robert Glenn Ketchum




Thursday, June 8, 2023

The North Pole: Sitting on Top of the World, #86
NP #86
As we began our return to Mermansk we navigated around Yuzhny Island and confirmed what we saw from the helicopter. There was no place to go ashore because the bays were either ice covered or had tidewater glaciers at their shoreline.


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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Weekly Post, THE SONORAN DESERT: Visiting with Don Juan by Robert Glenn Ketchum

THE SONORAN DESERT: 
Visiting with Don Juan
by Robert Glenn Ketchum



In 1988, I was contacted by Luther Propst, Director of the Rincon Institute of Tucson, AZ, who asked me if I could help them devise a campaign to protect a part of Saguaro National Monument from a massive real estate development that would disrupt substantial habitat.  I did so, and we not only succeeded in mitigating the development, we added 30,000 acres to the monument, and got it upgraded to National Park status.  While doing this work, I fell in love with the Sonoran Desert, returning to it repeatedly, and visiting the many varied parts of it in Arizona, Mexico, and Baja, CA.  This is the tale of those visits. 
~Robert Glenn Ketchum





Wednesday, June 7, 2023

THE SONORAN DESERT:  Visiting with Don Juan #164
Sonora #164:
A rocky, but verdant shoreline on one of the islands in the Sea of Cortez.


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Weekly Post, GETTING LOOPY: Cruising One of North America’s Greatest Driving Loops by Robert Glenn Ketchum

 GETTING LOOPY:  Cruising One of North America’s Greatest Driving Loops

by Robert Glenn Ketchum

One of the greatest camping and hiking circuits to drive in the entire country, starts from my home in Los Angeles, passes through Nevada, into Utah, and on to Arizona, before heading back to LA. Along the way you can visit 3 state parks, 6 national parks, 1 national monument, and 1 national recreation area. If you wanted to put in some extra miles, you could add another national park, 2 more national monuments, and 2 more national recreation areas. I will call out the latter as we pass them, but my images will introduce you to all of the former. Come take a drive with me!




Wednesday, June 7, 2023

GETTING LOOPY:  Cruising One of North America’s Greatest Driving Loops, #110
GETTING LOOPY, #110:  
Driving through the backcountry of Capitol Reef National Park I spent the day encountering some amazing rock formations.


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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Weekly Post, NO PEBBLE MINE Pictures From Ground Zero by Robert Glenn Ketchum (Posts #425+)

 NO PEBBLE MINE Pictures From Ground Zero by Robert Glenn Ketchum


Since 1998, I have been working to protect southeast Alaska, and the fishery of Bristol Bay. The fishery is an annually renewable, BILLION-dollar-a-year industry that employs thousands and thousands of workers in multiple states. 2021 provided the largest commercial salmon catch in history (64-million+). There is no intelligent reason to allow the proposed development of the Pebble mine to go forward and imperil these resources. The United Tribes of Bristol Bay, the United Fishermen of Alaska, Trout Unlimited, Trustees For Alaska, and the Natural Resources Defense Council, all oppose the development. Even Alaskan Senator, Lisa Murkowski, has stated her opposition. The momentum is building. Now is the time to SAY NO TO THE PEBBLE MINE permanently! 
~Robert Glenn Ketchum





Tuesday, June 6, 2023

NO PEBBLE MINE, Pictures from Ground Zero #560
NO PEBBLE MINE #560: 
Even though I had had a successful snowmobile experience at the far end of Tikchik Lake, those mountains were small change compared the Wood mountains backcoutry I would encounter after I crossed over Nuyakuk Lake. Despite having scouted much of this terrain from the air, down on the ground the true scale of everthing was VERY intimidating.


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Weekly Post: THE TONGASS: Stop the Cut, There are Salmon in the Trees (#201+) by Robert Glenn Ketchum

THE TONGASS:  Stop the Cut, There are Salmon in the Trees
by Robert Glenn Ketchum


In 1985, I began a 2-year commission to explore the Tongass rainforest, the largest forest in the United States Forest Service (USFS) system AND the largest temperate rainforest in the world. It was a unique, old-growth environment under siege from industrial logging. The resulting investigative book I published helped to pass the Tongass Timber Reform Bill, protect 1,000,000 acres of old-growth, and create 11 new wilderness areas. This is the story of how that was achieved.
~Robert Glenn Ketchum





Tuesday, June 6, 2023

THE TONGASS:  Stop the Cut, There are Salmon in the Trees, #354
Tongass, #354:  
While the tourists staying in the hotels outside the park ride in and out on the main road, guests staying at Camp Denali get to explore the backcountry roads, and go hiking, something else the tourists never get to do. Here, on one of the dayhikes, the Camp Denali naturalist is teaching my children to identify various wildflowers.


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Monday, June 5, 2023

Weekly Post, Planetary Graffiti by Robert Glenn Ketchum

 Planetary Graffiti

by Robert Glenn Ketchum




Polaroid invented some unique films, and they worked with many artists to see how these products might be used. One of those films was a 35mm called PolaPan. It was a black & white film that came with a small processing box, so after you shot the roll, you could develop it on the spot. I had not shot any black & white for awhile, but this seemed interesting, so I wanted to work with it and they gave me several hundred rolls.  
~Robert Glenn Ketchum





Monday, June 5, 2023

Planetary Graffiti #6
PG #6
Topsoil erosion across farm grids, Kansas.


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Weekly Post, Denali: Crown Jewel of our National Parks by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Denali:  Crown Jewel of our National Parks
by Robert Glenn Ketchum




Starting in 1985, I spent 24yrs. visiting Alaska several times each year. Of the many places that I went, my favorite was to stay at Camp Denali, where I often lectured and taught workshops. These images were all created during those numerous visits.  
~Robert Glenn Ketchum





Monday, June 5, 2023

Denali:   Crown Jewel of our National Parks #48
Denali #48:  
When you stay at Camp Denali, you need not even go on a naturalist led dayhike. Wonderous things can be seen just walking around nearby. I found this just off the road that parallels Wonder Lake.


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Monday, April 24, 2023

The Chattahoochee National Recreation Area – A River Runs Through It by Robert Glenn Ketchum

The Chattahoochee National Recreation Area – 
A River Runs Through It
by Robert Glenn Ketchum



In 1985, I received a commission from Tom Cousins, a significant Atlanta real estate developer, collector, and on the board of the High Museum, to photograph the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, which includes part of suburban Atlanta.  
~Robert Glenn Ketchum




Monday, April 24, 2023

The Chattahoochee National Recreation Area – A River Runs Through It #38
Chattahoochee #38
A forest spectacle. I am probably hallucinating.


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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Weekly Post, "Welcome to Hotel California: Some Pictures from My Backyard" by Robert Glenn Ketchum

Welcome To Hotel California:  Some Pictures from My Backyard

by Robert Glenn Ketchum


I was born and grew up in Los Angeles. As my professional career developed, I traveled around the world working on various commissions, but seldom had opportunities to work in California. Nonetheless, I always came back “home,” and when there, I occasionally took pictures. For ten years I also taught a photography workshop on the Mendocino coast that provided some great visual moments as well. There is no “project” unifying these images, they are just my way of showing, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”   
~Robert Glenn Ketchum





Thursday, February 23, 2023


Hotel California, Some Pictures from My Backyard, #183

California #183:  

Psychedelic chaos in my backyard at night.
 

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