96-19CC Loading Logs at Icy Bay Christmas CardMount St. Elias, rising to 18,008 feet, serves as a beautiful backdrop in this Alaskan setting for loading Western Hemlock, Sitka Spruce, and Alpine Fir logs on the Golden Venture, anchored in ice-flecked Icy Bay.Icy Bay is surrounded by the Malspina, Guyot, Yahtse, and Tyndall glaciers which calve during the spring and summer. Ice from these glaciers pose a threat to fishermen and log rafts. Icy Bay is at the southwestern end of our largest national park, the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park - 13.2-million acres - an area larger than New Hampshire and Vermont combined. The park is home to grizzlies, wolves, wolverines, caribou, moose, mountain goats, and the snow-white Dall sheep. Most of the logging in this area is done on land owned by an Alaska native corporation, and the State of Alaska. Hundreds of millions of board feet have been produced during the past 20 years and vast resources remain. The area's high productivity allows timber to regenerate naturally and quickly. State of Alaska land near Icy Bay-Cape Yakatage, on which the majority of timber harvesting takes place, is managed for multiple-use. Its timber, wildlife, and scenic qualities are balanced, allowing a combination of public and private purposes. Logs are towed initially for 7–8 miles to Riou Bay where rafts are stored and sheltered from the prevailing storms. When a ship arrives, it is anchored about 2–3 miles out in Icy Bay. Logs are towed alongside the ship and loaded by 4 cranes into 4 hatches. (Thanks to Mr. Dick Winters for information pertaining to this story and painting.) |
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