Mt Edgecombe, AK, from Sitka Sound
17 Agustus 2019, Amerika Serikat ⋅ ⛅ 16 °CMt Edgecombe is a cone volcano close to the town. We see it standing high above the surrounding mountains as we sail in Sitka Sound.
Mt Edgecombe is a cone volcano close to the town. We see it standing high above the surrounding mountains as we sail in Sitka Sound.
Silver Bay is a fjord. The water is a clear turquoise colour, we see humpback whales lazily moving along in the tranquil water.
India Creek is a salmon spawning creek. At the moment it is full of salmon returning to spawn and is literally wall-to-wall salmon.
The cool temperate rainforest shows all the characteristics of this type of vegetation. Trees are mostly Western Hemlock and White Spruce.
Sitka is the old Russian Capitol. It is where the Russian flag was taken down and the US flag hoisted.
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.
More from our stroll in and around Sitka! The trails at the Raptor Center and breathtaking
Sitka, is an island community, on Baranof Island (named for the Russian leader of “Russian America”, Alexander Baranov) and has a current population of 8,530 permanent residents and many more thatBaca selengkapnya
New-to-us Port #63.
On a cool, overcast day that later turned into a cool, blue-sky day, we tendered into Sitka instead of docking as planned. Better for us IMHO than having to take a shuttle intoBaca selengkapnya
Notes on Sitka:
Chris got to go mountain biking
The boys and I wandered around the little town with my dad.
We watched the little parade
It was still bright out when we sailed away, so no fireworksBaca selengkapnya
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Sitka City and Borough, Ville-arrondissement de Sitka