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[Endicott arm, AK, Aug 3, 2024] For our last full day on this cruise, we had another tidewater glacier viewing to look forward to. Overnight, the boat sailed down Endicott Arm, one of the fjords in the Boundary area south of Juneau. Endicott and nearby Tracy Arm, which runs parallel, are the most popular with visitors. Both fjords have a glacier at the end. In the morning, the Wilderness Explorer tucked into… Read More
[Rocky Pass, Kuiui Island, AK, Aug 2, 2024] Woke up to sunny skies off of Kuiu island. This is the 15th largest island in the US. As of the 2020 census, there are 10 people living here. We did a guided kayak around the bay. Close to shore, we saw Sitka black tailed deer (smaller than regular deer) a bald eagle, sea porpoise, otters. We also saw some black oystercatchers! They would… Read More
[Baranof island, Alaska, Aug 1, 2024] After Chichagof Island, we moved south to Baranof Island. We were only 20 air miles east of Sitka, the largest city on this otherwise sparsely inhabited island. The Russian names of these islands remain from the time Alaska was a Russian colony. Russians are believed to have arrived in the 17th or 18th centuries and were the first non-native people to come here. They encountered the… Read More
[Fern Harbor, Glacier Bay National Park, Jul 29, 2024] I was hoping to sleep in but at 6 am the captain came on the intercom to say there were orcas in front of us! Not wanting to have FOMO, I had to wake myself up and go to the bow. They were there! To pass the rest of the time before breakfast at 7:30 am, we chilled in the lounge. There was… Read More
