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Michael Melford: Hidden Alaska

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Partner:: National Geographic Live
Location:: National Geographic
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 06.21.11
Speaker:: Michael Melford
Tags:: alaska; nature; bears

Summary: Veteran photographer Michael Melford travels to one of the most pristine places in Alaska where residents must choose between two incompatible futures.

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Michael Melford

National Geographic photographer Michael Melford has produced 12 feature stories for National Geographic magazine and more than 30 for National Geographic Traveler, including eight covers. Some of Michael’s recent assignments have focused on Russia, Israel, and North America’s national parks.

He has produced photography for eight books for National Geographic, including three on Alaska. While photographing Treasures of Alaska, he spent four months traveling to every corner of the state. When not shooting for the Geographic, Michael enjoys giving seminars and workshops on photography and sharing both his love of nature and his extensive knowledge of his craft.

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01.: First Assignment in Alaska

02 min 47 sec

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02.: Tour of National Parks

02 min 03 sec

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03.: Inside Passage

03 min 47 sec

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04.: Denali National Park

01 min 06 sec

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05.: Photographing Caribou

02 min 02 sec

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06.: Northern Lights

02 min 25 sec

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07.: Dutch Harbor

01 min 23 sec

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08.: Bristol Bay

02 min 54 sec

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09.: Salmon Fishery

05 min 52 sec

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10.: Aerial Tour

05 min 30 sec

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11.: Consequences of Mining

02 min 32 sec

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National Geographic Live! Interview: Michael Melford

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Renowned landscape photographer Michael Melford explains how photography became his first language.
Michael Melford: Photographing Wild Bears in Alaska

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Join Michael Melford and his son on a photo shoot of wild bears in Alaska.
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Hidden Alaska: Bristol Bay and Beyond

Encyclopædia Britannica Article

Alaska: State (pop., 2008 est.: 686,293) of the U.S., lying at the northwest extremity of North America. It is the largest in area of the U.S. states, covering 589,194 sq mi (1,526,005 sq km). Bordered by Canada to the east and southeast and facing Siberia across the Bering Strait and Bering Sea to the west, it has the highest point on the continent, Mount McKinley. Its capital is Juneau. The original inhabitants are thought to have migrated over the Bering Land Bridge as well as from the Arctic as early as 10,000 BCE. The first European settlement was established in 1784 by Russian fur traders on Kodiak Island. Hudson's Bay Co. traders were also interested in the same area, and Russian-Canadian trade rivalry lasted well into the 19th century. In 1867 William Seward negotiated Alaska's sale from the Russians to the U.S., and the subsequent discovery of gold stimulated American settlement. Alaska was a U.S. territory from 1912 until it was admitted as the 49th state in 1959. Its economy has become increasingly centred on services (research and tourism), but since the opening of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1977, Alaska has accounted for about one-fifth of all the oil produced in the United States. Since the mid-20th century, the question of development versus preservation has been heightened by the often competing agendas of commercial interests and environmentalists. Moreover, global warming has greatly affected Alaska's climate, causing permafrost to thaw and sea ice to melt.; Alaska on britannica.com