Fast forward to the end of Alaska 2008

Location: Steveston, Vancouver, British Columbia Have to admit that I ended up a little behind with my Captain’s log entries.  Especially once Charlie and Emily, my amazing 5 and 8 year old kids, joined me for a couple of weeks onboard.  Seeing British Columbia and Alaska through their eyes is very refreshing and entertaining.   They loved the orcas and […]

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Diving with Mudsharks at Telegraph Cove

Walt’s Wall on Pearce Island turned out to be the highlight of today with spectacular visibility. We were able to see waayyyy down the wall from the deck of the skiff and enjoyed the dive almost as much as our divers!! It is a spectacular site much like San Miguel Island in the Channel Islands with heavy invertebrate life throughout the kelp forest and down over the edge of the wall.

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Blown Away by a Humpback Whale in Browning Pass

The thrill of the day was when a humpback whale came down the middle of Browning Pass just as we were wrapping up a dive at  Snowfall. A couple of divers with “code yellows” made the heroic decision to “hold on” and let us drift down the pass and observe the humpback. We were all “blown away” (pun intended) when the humpy surfaced 20ft away from the skiff after a 6 – 8 minute dive. Emily and Charlie were on the skiff with me and it was awesome to see their excitement. Having the kids onboard has made this an especially and exceptionally enjoyable trip for me.

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