Scott P. – Jumping Salmon everywhere! Dan & Roxanne – Chinooks, Pinks, by the thousands eagerly waiting their turn to swim upsteam for the last time. Mark – Snorkeling in drysuits at the mouth of the river surrounded by Salmon, occasionally poking your head up looking for bears! What a day, some things you can […]
Read MorePoint 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 […]
Read MoreA 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 […]
Read MoreLocation: Baranoff Island, southeast Alaska Had a good start to this trip with nice diving at Meyers Chuck, a great iceberg day at Le Conte Bay and our first closeup grizzly bear sighting of the trip in an impossibly spectacular beautiful mountain fjord on the east side of Baranoff Island. Everything about this fjord was […]
Read MoreLocation: Pt. Adolphus, Icy Strait, southeast Alaska. Pt. Adolphus is located across from the entrance to Glacier Bay. It is current swept with lots of upwellings, loaded with nutrients and it’s a fabulous place to watch humpback whales, sealions, bald eagles, great flocks of seagulls and even the odd grizzly bear on the beach. Sometimes the trickiest part of visiting […]
Read MoreLocation: South Sawyer glacier, Tracy Arm, southeast Alaska What a day we had today!! Got underway at 6 a.m. from our anchorage at Admiralty Island for the run across to Tracy Arm. Our plan was to push through the ice to the head of the inlet to watch the south Sawyer glacier calving icebergs and to launch our divers and kayakers to […]
Read MoreBreaching humpback whale, orca, grizzly bear and icebergs and calving glaciers in Tracey Arm, southeast Alaska Dog’s bollocks (which means fantastic just in case you are not familiar with UK vernacular). Wow factor was unbelievable. I have a smile all across my face. But I lost my mask. Suzi Kayaking amongst bergie bits chasing seals to no avail (my day in Tracey […]
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