Back to Auke Bay, then to Pavlof Harbor
From Funter Bay, we went back to Juneau to pick up a special guest from Colorado: Jackson! The next morning, with Jack aboard, we set...
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Julie
Jul 30, 20231 min read
Funter Bay, Admiralty Island
After leaving Excursion Inlet, we rode the tide in from Icy Strait to Chatham Strait. There were humpback whales outside Swanson Harbor...
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Julie
Jul 26, 20232 min read
Sawmill Bay in Excursion Inlet
Sorry for the pause... My laptop gave me the black screen of death and it takes me longer to do this on my iPhone. I am using David's...
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Julie
Jul 11, 20231 min read
Dundas Bay
Oh! Hi! What is it you want? Leaving Mosquito Cove, Inian Islands. There goes our humpback friend, just outside Mosquito Cove. Back out...
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Julie
Jul 9, 20232 min read
Mosquito Cove, Inian Islands
7:57am: Icy Strait, after exiting Flynn Cove, looking north towards the east side of Glacier Bay. You can see a bit of fog on the...
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Julie
Jul 9, 20231 min read
Flynn Cove, Chichagof Island
Point Retreat Lighthouse, at the north end of Admiralty Island. Humpback whales between Rocky Island and Swanson Harbor, near Couverdon...
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Julie
Jul 9, 20231 min read
Taku Harbor
Between 1878 and 1950, there were over 134 canneries in Alaska. Often they were run by steam boilers which frequently caught the...
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Julie
Jul 9, 20234 min read
Endicott Arm, Dawes Glacier and Ford’s Terror
We timed our departure from the anchorage at Tracy Arm to enter Endicott Arm. The tides this day (Solstice) were a 16 feet difference...
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Julie
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Tracy Arm Cove and Tracy Arm
Mount Sumdum and the Sumdum Glacier greet you on the starboard side as you come northbound up Stephens Passage. The mountain is 6666 feet...
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Julie
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Sandborn Canal
Sandborn Canal is off of an inlet on the mainland side, called Port Houghton, north of Cape Fanshaw. At Cape Fanshaw, big waters of...
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Julie
Jul 6, 20233 min read
Thomas Bay
Leaving Petersburg and Wrangell Narrows, looking back eastward at the mainland mountains, which are part of Canada. Looking back...
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Julie
Jul 3, 20232 min read
Petersburg
After a long day, we reached Petersburg! We could see there was some heavy weather coming in, and we were ready for some fresh...
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Julie
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Cannery Cove in Pybus Bay, Admiralty Island
This is one of our favorite places up here... the views of the mountains are incredible. Many waterfalls run the full height of the...
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Julie
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Petrof Bay to Saginaw Bay
After viewing the humpbacks for hours in Chatham Strait, we headed back into Tebenkof Bay to the furthest back bay, Petrof Bay. Kuiu...
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Julie
Jun 17, 20231 min read
Humpback Whales off Tebenkof Bay
We pulled up the anchor and went just out into Chatham Strait and it didn't take long til we saw a huge splash up ahead. A whale...
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Julie
Jun 17, 20232 min read
Around Cape Decision
We knew from our trip a few years ago that we really wanted to spend some time in Tebenkof Bay. There are many anchorages in there to...
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Julie
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Coffman Cove, Point Baker, Port Protection, Hole in the Wall
Day1: We left Kasaan bright and early to continue heading north along the east side of Prince of Wales Island. Water was calm, and we...
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Julie
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Kasaan
Kasaan, or Gasa'aan, is a Haida village on east side of Prince of Wales Island in large Kasaan Bay, population of maybe 50 people. There...
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Julie
Jun 5, 20232 min read
Kitkun Bay, Prince of Wales Island
We ended up staying at Bar Harbor South for a total of 6 nights! Ugh. I came down with a terrible virus that felt like Covid all over...
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