Photo of the Day

Yupik woman kissing salmon
March 10, 2011

Bristol Bay, Alaska

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"We love our fish!" says Ina Bouker, a Yupik native and teacher from Dillingham who opposes the mine. "The salmon always run. But if their habitat is destroyed, they will not come back."


See more photographs from the December 2010 feature story "Alaska’s Choice: Salmon or Gold."

Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic

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