PHOTO OF THE DAY September 13, 2005  

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Where Glacier Bay, Alaska
When 1983
Photographer David Alan Harvey

A kayaker carefully maneuvers around jagged icebergs in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Glacier Bay was designated as a national park in 1980, protecting this unique area, while still allowing adventurers to take part in recreational activities like camping, kayaking, and rafting.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A Place Apart," January 1984, National Geographic magazine)


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