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Jellyfish from cold water Impressions

Note from Capt. Mike: Returning to Cold Water?

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2017-05-17
  • 1 Comment on Note from Capt. Mike: Returning to Cold Water?
By Nautilus Staff on May 17th, 2017 in Captain Mike

Note from Captain Mike. I am often asked if we are ever going to resume running dive trips in British Columbia and Alaska. The obvious answer is that YES, we would love to!! I spent 20 plus years exploring the pacific coast from Cape Flattery in Washington State to Glacier Bay and Juneau. I still […]

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  • Tags Alaska, British Columbia, diveboat, diving, liveaboard

The Biggest Glacier Calving We Have Ever Seen

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-21
By Nautilus Staff on July 21st, 2008 in Archive

I wandered over to the other side of the wheelhouse when I heard this enormous BANG CRACK BOOM and holy s%#t all I could see was an enormous splash of water and a series of very steep 10 foot high waves coming straight at us as we were beam to.  I jammed the engines in gear, goosed the throttles and got the Nautilus partially turned around when we got smacked really hard by the first wall of water. What a sight. I would be less than honest if I didn’t say that my hands were more than a shade wobbly and shakey!!

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  • Tags Alaska, calving, glacier, glacier face, icebergs, le conte glacier

Guests Who Are Great Sports and 1 Darned Grizzly Bear

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-20
By Nautilus Staff on July 20th, 2008 in Archive

Why is he a darned grizzly bear? Because he chose to amble across the beach 150 yards away from the Nautilus Explorer in the middle of my morning briefing. Cheeezzzz, how am I supposed to do a briefing when all the guests are running for their cameras and binoculars?! Anchored up in beautiful and scenic Secret Bay today. I hesitate to publish the topographic name of this bay because (a) it is so beautiful (b) we have had really good luck with grizzly bears here (c) there is an amazing grotto of marble accessible up the stream (d) when the salmon return to this stream, it is a great place to snorkel with them and (e) we have a permit with the good graces of the U.S. Forest Service that allows our guests stroll, walk and hike through the rainforest here

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  • Tags Alaska, Baranof Island, chicagoff island, grizzly bears, hiking, hot springs, low tide, marble grotto, rainforest, secret bay, snorkelling, us forest service, weather woes

Duck F*rts

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-19
By Nautilus Staff on July 19th, 2008 in Archive

After a great day of scuba diving, inflatable tours, zodiac kayaking (kayaking with a comfort boat ie. zodiac, tagging along behind with beverages, refreshments and an easy way to get home if you get tired of paddling) and whale watching around Inian Island, we took everybody ashore after dinner for a “look-around” the tiny boardwalk community of Elfin Cove. Our guests somehow got waylaid at the Coho Bar and Grill and bartender introduced them to “duck farts.” The Nautilus Explorer was anchored outside the Cove and during the various inflatable shuttles back to the boat it seemed that all we heard from our guests was “we want more duck farts”, “I’d like a duck fart waiting for me please”, “do you know how to make duck farts” and so on.

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  • Tags Alaska, coho bar and grill, duck farts, elfin cove, Icy Strait, inflatable tours, Inian Island, kayaking, whale watching

Incredibly Cute Sea Otters

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-18
By Nautilus Staff on July 18th, 2008 in Archive

There is something very appealing about sea otters. Perhaps it’s the way they swim on their back much the way scuba divers do. Perhaps it’s because they appear to be so cute and cuddly and furry (they have the densest fur of any animal with over 1 million hairs per square inch which is what provides them with insulation in our less than tropical temperatures!). Maybe it’s because the Mum’s carry their babies around on their tummies as they float upside down and then wrap and stash their kids in the kelp before going for a dive. Or, as we saw last week, the Mum’s will throw a protective arm over their baby when startled and roll over and dive under the kelp with the babe. That is some pretty impressive breath hold diving for those babies!

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  • Tags Alaska, baby otters, Icy Strait, Inian Island, inian wall, marine biologists, otters, sea lions, sea otters, stellar sea lions, susans hooters, wall of life

Humpback Whales, Orcas and a Mystery Dive

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-17
By Nautilus Staff on July 17th, 2008 in Archive

Point Adolphus is one of the most productive feeding grounds in southeast Alaska and the humpback whale sightings are usually quite awesome. Today was no exception, starting off with a pod of orcas cruising along on the surface 15 miles east of Adolphus and then loads of humpbacks right at the point.

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  • Tags Alaska, exploration diving, exploratory dive, Glacier Bay, humpback whales, Icy Strait, Inian Island, orcas, Point Adolphus, whale watching, whales

More Helicopters than Dragonflies

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Post date 2008-07-16
By Nautilus Staff on July 16th, 2008 in Archive

Today was turnover day and as I sat in my office doing paperwork, I happened to look out the window and just about fell over in astonishment. I’ve never seen so many helicopters flying at one time – not even at the height of a forest fire in my previous life as a water bomber pilot. It seemed like there were helicopters everywhere with one group of 7 flying in a line towards Mendenhall and at least 6 more flying back the other way. They looked just like dragonflies to my eye and it was a sight that I won’t soon forget.

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  • Tags Alaska, cruise ships, helicopter tours, helicopters, juneau, mendenhall glacier, salmon hatchery, tourists, turnover day, whale watching

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