Guest Blog 29 June 2009

Looking back at my circumnavigation of Vancouver Island May 23 – June 1, 2009 So it was about 4:30 pm on Saturday when we arrived on the dock in Steveston for our dive trip that would take us around Vancouver Island. Our trip had been a long time coming as we had to book the […]

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Guest Blog 19 June 2009

Admirality Island New site for everyone – unbelievable! Crab orgy! Literally thousands of juvenile Alaska king crabs at 15 feet.  Wide variety of life here. From the non-divers in the group – sadly no grizzlies but plenty of sea otters, humpback whales, eagles and incredible mountains.  Annie. It is fun to do an exploratory dive on a […]

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Guest Blog 28 May 2009

Diving with the sealions was absolutely incredible. It’s hard to  even describe swimming along with such an incredibly large and  graceful animal. Highlights of last night and today were the humpbacks we saw off Solander Island and waking up to find a bald eagle perched  on top of the mast. You haven’t really gone diving until […]

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Grizzly Bears on the Left, Humpback Whales on the Right, Eagles and Sea Lions Everywhere

Our poor guests  – some folks were on the port side of the ship watching the bears (which got especially interesting when the grizzlies spotted something further down the beach and got up on their hind legs to get a better view) while other guests were on the starboard side watching the fantastic humpback whale action. And some poor guests were running back and forth to both sides of the boat trying to watch everything at once!!

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Eagles, Bald Eagles, Eagles Everywhere

Our biggest problem in turning the Nautilus Explorer around in Sitka is staying focused and not getting distracted by all the bald eagles. It’s really tough as there are eagles literally everywhere – sitting on top of boat masts, perched on radars, walking around on the beach, sitting by fish cleaning stations at the end of docks and, of course, perched in trees. There were literally hundreds of bald eagles around today.

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