Kerrick James

PUBLISHED IN: Alaska Airlines; Outside; National Geographic Adventure; Sunset; Arizona Highways; Texas Journeys; Voyageur; Las Vegas Life; VIA; San Francisco Magazine; Highroads; Woman's World; AAA Living; Delta SKY; LA Times; Arizona Republic; Virtuoso Life, Family Fun, Men's Journal, Home and Away; Wall Street Journal; Popular Photography.

SPECIALTIES: Active Adventure Travel-Rafting, Kayaking, Climbing, Hiking. People exploring Nature. All aspects of Destination Travel. Deep stock file of the American West, Alaska, Mexico, Pacific Rim. Getty Images. Active adventure text/photo features. Corbis. Current writing markets: Encompass, Highroads, New Mexico Journey, Outdoor Photographer.

BOOKS: Primary photographer for five Compass American Guides (Fodors) to Arizona, New Mexico, American Southwest, Las Vegas, San Francisco. Contributor to Insight Guides to Arizona, Utah, Colorado, San Francisco. Shooting new book in 2008, Ghost Towns of Route 66, and two NGS book covers.

AWARDS: Won multiple first place category awards in SATW annual photo contests 2003-2006; also won Silver Portfolio in Shootout Las Vegas-2005; Silver Writing Award for "Thar She Blows!" A story on luxury yacht cruising in Baja for Las Vegas Life Magazine.

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Alaska 360° by air, land and water

by Kerrick James, EnCompass magazine

"This is really not a whale tour!" Ranger Linda Lieberman says, smiling infectiously, as the thrilled passengers on the Baranoff Wind spy playful humpbacks, a cruising pod of orca, and a breaching minke whale. Today's cruise in Glacier Bay, a well-known yet lesser-visited jewel among Alaska's array of National Parks, seems an embarrassment of wildlife riches.

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