Sailing away from Valdez
20 августа 2019 г., Gulf of Alaska ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A picture-perfect day in Prince William Sound and Valdez.
Seward, AK
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Shrouded in thick bushfire smoke, Seward is almost hidden from the ship. The fires are 60 miles away in the Kenai Peninsula but the prevailing winds are sending the smoke over the mountains where itЧитать далее
Alaskan Sealife Centre
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
This centre opened in 1998 and generates and shares knowledge about Alaska's marine ecosystems. It conducts significant research into marine species and habitat.
Alaskan Sealife Centre
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Puffins
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Here in the centre are Horned and Tufted Puffins, 2 of the 3 species of Puffin. A small bird, they dive for their food and are very fast underwater. They live in huge colonies along the edge ofЧитать далее
King Crabs
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The red king crab, also called Kamchatka crab or Alaskan king crab, is a species of king crab native to the far northern Pacific Ocean, including the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, but also introducedЧитать далее
Sights on Fourth Ave, Seward
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Fourth Avenue is the main shopping area of Seward. It is quirky and charming with many interesting artisan shops.
Murals in Seward
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Many of the town's blanks walls are painted with murals depicting the environment, the indigenous culture and the town's history.
Loading supplies onto Orion
21 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
It's been an all-day job - unloading the trash and restocking the supplies. It began at 6am when we berthed and is just rapping up now around 3:30pm. We've had a prime seat in this as one of the mainЧитать далее
Resurrection Bay, AK
22 августа 2019 г., Gulf of Alaska ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Sailing out. of Seward, the bushfire smoke tracks us until dark - along Resurrection Bay and Cook Inlet
Sunset at sea
22 августа 2019 г., Gulf of Alaska ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
With the fire smoke, the sun is getting redder as it sets beyond the Kenai Peninsula
Kodiak
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Kodiak Island and the city of Kodiak are our next port of call. Situated in the Aleutian Islands, Kodiak gets lots of rain and snow but the port is ice-free. It's home to a huge fishing industry. TheЧитать далее
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Centre
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
The Wildlife Refuge Centre demonstrates to visitors the key role that the wildlife refuges of the US and, in particular, Kodiak, have in preserving and maintaining native and migratory species. All ofЧитать далее
Kodiak History Museum
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Formerly known as the Barenov Museum, this building has several claims to fame:-
1. Oldest building in AK
2. Only 1 of 4 remaining Russian structures in AK
3. Oldest Russian building in USA
4.Читать далее
A Timeline on the Windows
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
A Russian heritage
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
The Alutiiq have been in this region for some 7,500 years. Their story is told in the Alutiiq Museum.
The Russians came in the late 1700's and set up this building in 1808 and set up a Magazin, theЧитать далее
Kodiak
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Found this little interesting painting in the Museum - the four saints of Alaska. St Herman, St Innocent, St Peter the Aleut, St Juvenal.
St Herman was a monk who came to Kodiak in 1794. He lived onЧитать далее
Allutiiq Museum
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
The Alutiiq have lived in this area for 7,500 years. Their subsistence lifestyle has made them masters of their seasonal environment.
St Herman Orthodox Seminary, Kodiak
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Beautifully preserved timber structure, St Herman was a monk who came to Kodiak in 1794. he had an orphanage and school on Spruce Island nearby.
Holy Resurrection RussianOrthodox Church
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
An active congregation still worship their faith in this church which dates back to the Russian heritage of this island. Fire has destroyed this building several times, but the congregation rebuild.
On the streets of Kodiak
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A real frontier town surrounded by steep hills and scree slopes. It's very green because of the high precipitation here. It rains most days. Locals say there has been a drought. Today was the firstЧитать далее
Kodiak Harbour
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The working harbour has a huge assortment of different types of boats - no pleasure craft here, just working boats of varying kinds. A protective breakwater guards the marina with a channel to theЧитать далее
A Sea Otter in Kodiak Harbour
22 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A sea otter has taken up residence in the marina. We can get really close.
Dutch Harbour, Unalaska
24 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Simply known as Dutch to the locals, this is a wild windswept, cold and rainy place in the summer with wind, ice and snow in the winter. The volcanic islands of the Aleutians have very steep sides andЧитать далее
WWII Museum, Dutch Harbour
24 августа 2019 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
It was here in the Aleutians that the US forces came up against the Japanese in WWII around the time of Pearl Harbour.The Japanese attacked Dutch Harbour and occupied the island of Kiska in 1942. InЧитать далее