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    • Wir sind dann mal raus
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      Day 251

      Queen Elisabeth und Alaska 1. Teil

      June 5, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      So, die Tage auf dem Schiff sind gezählt. War sehr schön, mal ganz ohne Internet. Wir dachten ja, wir könnten ganz viel lesen und heruntergeladene Potcasts hören, aber das Leben auf dem Schiff ist ganz schön stressig 😂. Schlafen, Sport, Essen, mal nen Vortrag anhören. Aufs Meer nach Walen Ausschau halten und, und, und! Fontänen von Walen haben wir auch gesehen und ein bisschen Flosse, war aber doch leider ziemlich weit weg. Delphine und Seelöwen gab es auch. Mehrere 23h Tage und einmal ein Tag mit 46h brachten unseren Biorhythmus etwas ins Schleudern. Dann der erste Stop in den USA. Sewart in Alaska. Berge, Schnee, kleine bunte Häuser und viel Natur. Den Hubbard Gletscher durften wir bei strahlendem Sonnenschein genießen. Über Sitka und Ketchikan berichten wir später. Und am 8.6. geht es wieder auf die Straße...Read more

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    • TravelerAlaska and British Columbia
      Day 14

      Sitka

      August 4, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Sitka today, expect to arrive mid morning, 3 or 4 seals swam by during breakfast but was too slow with the camera. Today is when we have one of the extra trips, we will pick up a local tour boat at Sitka pier and go in search of sea otters and other wildlife. Sitka relies on fishing ( hook & line salmon fishing) and tourism. There is a cruise ship dock which can deal with 2 ships at a time, but this is 6 miles out of town and requires any passengers to be bussed to the town. Being smaller we have sailed into the bay by the centre of town and anchored and 2 of the lifeboats are being used as tenders to transfer people to and from sure. Which catch a tender about 15:00 takes 5 minutes to get us to shore. The pier where we are landed and pick up our local tour boat is opposite probably the most interesting/important landmark which is the fort. Originally built by the Russians, burnt down by the local tribe, then rebuilt by the Russians it is where the formal handover of Alaska from Russia to the US took place with a ceremony of lowering the Russian flag and raising the American one.
      On the pier the tour boat arrives, we are close to the front of the queue and went straight into the downstairs cabin towards the front. We had plenty of room as most people dashed to go upstairs into the open air.
      Our fist stop was at one of the navigation buoys in the harbour, this is where a group of young Stellar seals were taking an afternoon nap. Sitka itself is on an island and is the only town/port facing out to the pacific, but is protected from the bad weather by numerous small islands. It was around these islands we next went searching, we found a raft of sea otters lying on their backs in kelp by one island. On another isle there were cormorant watching from the rocks and further on we spotted a bald eagle watching us from a tree, before taking off and crossing to another tree on a nearby island, ( my picture of the eagle in flight is blurry so probably won’t use here). From the second tree he was able to watch the family nest containing 2 eaglets on a tree on third island. We now had navigated our way through these islands into pacific. After a short while we spotted whales spouting. The boat closed in on the whales as near as it could get and here we spent 30 minutes, watching the whales diving then scouring the sea to find where they would surface again. Eventually we were taken back to Sitka pier where we disembarked the tour ship and caught the tender back to the ship. The discussion point in the restaurant was Karen saying that she believes the 2 waitresses are twins, I obviously bow to her superior knowledge on the subject of twins. Have never seen the 2 without their masks on, but their stature and the part of their face you can see are very similar so it is probably a correct deduction.      Read more

    • Rambling BearsRambling North America
      Day 17

      Wrangell to Sitka

      August 12, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      Ruth dropped us off at the ferry where we met up with Steve and Ruth once again. They are heading to Sitka as well. Once again we are on the Matanuska this time with a stateroom as we have an overnighter arriving in Sitka early, very early in the morning. We have a two bunk room this time - less room than the four bunker of course but more than adequate for our needs. The cafe on this ferry has a better range of food to the Malaspina - the serving area is along one side so appears larger and the choice is greater. Not that the vegetarian options are abundant but they are adequate. We had a longer than expected stopover in Petersburg due to mechanical problems do our arrival time in Sitka has been put back two hours - oh what a shame. We get to sleep two hours longer! From the dock in Petersburg we were able to see the BnB where we will be staying when we return in a few day time. We will be doing a bit of back tracking as I had to foot the towns in around the ferry timetable.Read more

    • Rambling BearsRambling North America
      Day 18

      Lazy Sunday in Sitka.

      August 13, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      Arrived around 7am. Steve and Ruth have hired a car for their stay here so they gave us a lift from the Terminal into town. Time for breakfast. It's Sunday, no cruise ships will be in town and the pickings are slim! Had thought that we might have to resort to maccas but they were closed for renovations. Subway then? Desperation sets in when it is early in the morning and the stomach is growling. However, next time ignore the growling tummy and give Subway a wide berth. Edible is was, but, barely.
      The Sitka Super 8 had our room available when we arrived so we were able to move in early.
      It's drizzling today but not too heavy to explore the down town area.
      Late lunch/early dinner at the Bayview Bar.      Read more

    • Rambling BearsRambling North America
      Day 19

      Wildlife Tour - Sitka Style

      August 14, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

      Quick brekkie then down to the dock through the drizzle to meet up with Paul. There were six of us all together.
      The objective of this tour was to observe the local wildlife and that we did. That the tour took us through stunning scenery, all be it in the rain, was the cream on the top.
      Our 5 hour tour extended to 8 as Paul endeavoured to fulfil our bucket lists of animals to see.My list had three main players - whales, otters and puffins. The weather had blown up two days ago, dispersing the krill schools and thus breaking up the pods as the whales went in search of their dinner. The outcome of this turn in events was that the whale were elusive. We had sightings early in the trip and on our way back - lots of spout, a tail showing before the plunge to the deep and one surfacing almost directly under our boat. There was a zodiac near us at the time, the only other tour group that we saw out that day, and we had thought that they were in danger of the whale surfacing under them. Paul had circled out wider to fine the whale room but as it turned out it was us the that could have gone bottom up.
      The sea otters did not disappoint. The smaller groups were a bit skittish as we approached but the larger groups (or rafts) had safety in numbers and were not put off by us in the least. Cute, cute, cute. They roll themselves in the long strands of kelp that grow up from the seabed and tuck it in under their armpits. Thus anchored they are safe to sleep, scratch, laze around and generally have a relaxing time. They'd stare up at us with looks that clearly stated, "and what do you think you're looking at".
      Although the seas were abating the trip out to St Lazaria Island was across open rolling seas so Paul checked that we were all good to go the distance. Thankfully no-one was threatening seasickness. St Lazaria is an amazing basalt island, summer home to many species of birds. If I was a twitcher I could list them. But unfortunately I can only name a few. The stars of the bird populations were the crested puffins, on the endangered list and only found in the wild in this area of Alaska. I perhaps shouldn't be quoted on that last fact, but they are definitely on the endangered list. Among the other birds we saw were blue necked herons and cormorants.
      Paul supplied a light lunch of smoked salmon dip that he had made, crackers, Brie, cashews and olives. It hit the spot nicely!
      Back on land it was a quick dash to the nearest facilities as we had been eight hours on the water without a loo.
      Another amazing day and another must do in Alaska ticked.
      We met up with Steve and Ruth for dinner down at the The Sitka hotel. Full of locals it had a nice atmosphere.      Read more

    • TravelerAmerican Silversea
      22
      Day 16

      Sitka, AK

      September 28, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      Klein und unauffällig… bis auf die Naturkulisse 😍

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    • TravelerNorth Pacific Passage
      Day 10

      Alaskan Raptor Centre, Sitka AK

      August 17, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

      The Alaskan Raptor Centre is a rehabilitation facility for raptors and other birds. The aim is to release the birds back to the wild. Set in a natural forest habitat, we are very impressed with the set up. It's also a bear habitat and there are warning signs on the trails.Read more

    • Roch PelletierAlaska and Japan

      Happy Birthday

      September 6, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Since we settled in Vancouver, Brenda and I have talked about taking an Alaskan cruise. For whatever reason, we just never got around to it.

      For her birthday this year, I decided I would offer to take Brenda on that much discussed voyage.

      Although her birthday is in May, we had already been away from Vancouver for a good part of 2019, so we planned to set sail sometime in the late summer. We began scouring the travel websites for the best deals and most appealing offers, but we just couldn't seem to find anything that met our criteria. And then one day Brenda came to me with a "sorta" Alaskan cruise. On September 6 the ship sets sail for Sitka, Alaska, makes a brief stop there and then heads across the Bering sea to Japan. For a 15 day cruise with several perks thrown in, the price was unbeatable and we jumped on the offer.

      And that, folks, is how we ended up in Tokyo on an Alaskan cruise.      Read more

    • TravelerNorth Pacific Passage
      Day 10

      Sitka National Historical Park

      August 17, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      The Tlingit people's culture is retained in the totems poles housed here. The museum exhibition has the original which are more than 100 years old. The ones outside are more recent carved totems.

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Sitka, سيتكا, Горад Сітка, সিটকা ব্যুরো, سیتکا، آلاسکا, סיטקה, Սիտկա շրջան, SIT, シトカ, 싯카, Ситка, सित्का, City and Borough of Sitka, Ситкæ, 99835, Sitka City and Borough, سیٹکا، الاسکا, 錫特卡

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