Winter Scene - Fairbanks

Sparse boreal forest draped in snow on one of the University of Alaska trails near Ballaine Lake in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Silent Winter

Everything is still and draped in snow. Boreal forests of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Winter in the Forest

Snow draped on black spruce trees in Fairbanks, Alaska. Winter here is cold, dark, and quiet. Always eerily quiet.

Motionless

Winters in the Alaska interior seem frozen in time. Literally.

Stand tall

Tall and stunted

Heavily stunted area of the boreal forest meets tall white and black spruce. Most likely due to permafrost proximity to the surface.