Guest Blog – Aug. 8/09

Jim – My highlight was the Transpac dive followed closely by the jelly fish dive and a close third was the Salmon snorkel – The amazing food fits in there somewhere too! Steve – There wasn’t a highlight for me – the whole weeks was full of surprises – however if I had to choose, […]

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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 18 June 2009

Le Conte Bay 18 June Comte Bay ist eine mystische Bucht in der Naehe von Petersburg. Eis ueberall soweit das Auge reicht. Der Comte Gletscher, majestaetisch, penetriert das Meer. Kalbende Gletscher, kalbende Seeloewen. Einmalig.   Heute fuehlte ich mich wie 20 jahre juenger. Ich bin sehr dankbar diese tolle welt mit gleichgesinnten geteilt zu haben. […]

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Guest Blog 30 May 2009

Kelly was so informative at the Bamfield Marine Biological Station and most appreciative of the fleece vest sent by the Nautilus Explorer as a  thank-you for a great tour. It fit her like it was made for her. What a lovely way to wind up our stay in the Barkley Sound area.  Barbara Ann Beautiful scenery through the whole […]

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Back in BC with swimming bald eagles

Location: Browning Pass, Port Hardy, British Columbia Well, it’s the start of our British Columbia and Alaska season and we are very happy to be back in our home waters.  Scuba diving in Mexico with great white sharks, giant pacific manta rays, dolphins and lots of other sharks is awesome.   But it’s also nice to be home.  First dives of this […]

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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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