The Northern Lights appearing over AB Mountain in Skagway

 The Northern Lights appearing over AB Mountain in Skagway, Alaska by Keisha Williams

A humpback whale breaches in Frederick Sound

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaches in Frederick Sound, Alaska

A cargo plane crashed at the entrance to Denali National Park

 A cargo plane crashed at the entrance to Denali National Park in Alaska.

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Photo: Scott Dickerson for The New York Times

Humpback whales feeding in Alaska

Mouth agape, this huge humpback whale lunges from the water in the Chatham Strait, south-east Alaska. Humpback whales in Alaska feed mainly on herring, other small fish, and krill. These whales use a variety of methods to catch food including underwater exhalation of columns of bubbles that concentrate prey, feeding in formation, herding of prey, and lunge feeding
Photograph: Duncan Murrell/Steve Bloom Images / Barcroft Media