Vibrant life and diving in Icy Strait, southeast Alaska

Location: Inian Islands, Icy Strait, southeast Alaska. Let’s see.  Puffins.  Transient orcas (killer whales).  Humpback whales.  Stellar sealions.   Sea-otters.   Bald eagles.   Oyster catchers.  Nesting cormorants with baby chicks.   Recently discovered and still unnamed soft coral consisting of 50% of the biomass at some dive sites.  This is an amazing place.  And my description above doesn’t […]

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Guest Blog July 20/09 – Sea Lion Splash

Stellar Sealions are real big and real smelly! Andrew First dive was a little scary getting in and out of water – but the divemasters were a great help – the Sea Lions were awesome…I would do the Nautilus Explorer again in a heartbeat.  Anne Wow, meine ersten Begegnungen mit Stellar-Seeloewen, 2-3 m gross und […]

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Guest Blog July 17, 2009

Dive bombed by a stellar sealion. I was dive bombed by a bull stellar sealion while a female chewed on my fins pulling in opposite directions.  I started the dive 5’1″ and ended 5’10”. Hahhahah.   Yesterday I saw a sea otter playing with and eating an octopus.. Michele Hall I thought a sealion was […]

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Humpback whale kills a bald eagle

Location: Inian Island, Icy Strait, southeast Alaska Interesting trip this last week with less diving than normal and a lot more inflatable and skiff excursions to watch, observe and photograph all the neat animals up here – humpback whales, bald eagles, stellar sealions, sea otters, puffins, cormorants, oyster catchers and even orca’s. It’s a private […]

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Guest Blog 14 July 2009

Point Adolphus and Icy Strait, southeast Alaska I saw a wolf eel on a wall today. And when he left his spot he went phhhssssshhhhtt straight down. Howard I saw 3 orange peel nudibranchs in a row that were the size of  footballs. My computer showed 42 degrees but Captain Mike doesn’t  believe me (I figure 44 degrees […]

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Guest Blog 10 July 2009

Diving with jellyfish in Alaska Jeff: Burrrr Rabbit: Chilly Willy Anne: Pretty Amazing! Pretty Amazing! Jacqui: Seeing the moon jelly swarm from a kayak, while holding a drink that was especially delivered from the Nautilus Explorer, is the best way to see the jellies and avoid getting a chilly willy!

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Guest Blog 9 July 2009

A huge sea of moon jellies in a gorgeous steep sided inlet in Alaska Oh yeah, it goes without saying that the scenery and weather has been  superb so far on this trip.  The highlight so far is a tie between swimming around the icebergs, watching bald eagles swoop down on unsuspecting salmon fry as we drifted past […]

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