Background

Ken Tape is a lifelong Alaskan wilderness and science photographer, whose artistic interests are concentrated on landscape, aurora, and adventure photography. His passion for the outdoors and the beauty of the Arctic has motivated him to seek out and record the timeless moments of remote Arctic locations. Dog-mushing, boating, and hiking represent his primary subjects for adventure photography.

Ken holds bachelors and masters degrees in geology, and he is currently pursuing a PhD in biology in Fairbanks. Masters and dissertation work utilize the power of repeating old photographs to discern changes in vegetation, glaciers, and permafrost in response to climate change. These photos are presented in his book "The Changing Arctic Landscape" (University of Alaska Press, March 2010). The content from the book has been developed into a museum exhibit that will debut May through September 2010 at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, before traveling to other venues. Ken's photos and scientific work have been featured in calendars and journals, scientific and otherwise, including the Alaska Coastal Calendar, the Alaska Weather Calendar, Nature, Audubon, Scientific American, Science, Popular Mechanics, and Mushing Magazine. The work was also featured in Alan Alda's "Scientific American Frontiers," and in Charles Wolforth's book "The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climactic Change."