EMERGENCE GLACIER BAY ARCTIC TERNS A/P metals Image size: 12" x 2"

Image size: 12" x 2"

I paint what I see

The fish tender "Guardian" cruises into the north end of the Tongass Narrows near Ketchikan

a halibut has 4

A popular vista for nearby whales and passing vessels

EMERGENCE GLACIER BAY ARCTIC TERNS A/P metals Image size: 12" x 2"Arist proof (AP 40 45) by Alaskan artist, Ann Miletich. Image size: 19" x 21 1 2" Arctic terns are long lived birds, with many reaching fifteen to thirty years of age. They eat mainly fish and small marine invertebrates. The species is abundant, with an estimated one million individuals. While the trend in the number of individuals in the species as a whole is not known, exploitation in the past has reduced this bird's numbers in the southern reaches