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The shady Penguin Alaska Cruise
- Jul 18, 2022, 9:04am · ☁️ 11 °C Altitude: Sealevel
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Treadwell (historical)Cross Bay Creek 58.2691, -134.3611658°16’9” N 134°21’40” W
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Raptor Gehege
July 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Danach ging es zu einer Auffangstation für kranke Vögel. Dort haben wir einen Weißkopfseeadler, einen Falke und eine Eule gesehen. Sie alle waren so weit geschädigt, dass sie in der freien Wildbahn nicht überleben können.
Der Falke namens Jake wurde von einem kleinen Junge als junger Vogel gefunden und dann 4 Monate im Kleiderschrank gehalten, bis die Eltern ihn fanden. Er hat keinen Jagdinstinkt: sie haben ihm eine lebende Maus ins Gehege gebracht und er ist panisch weggeflogen. Nun lebt er hier.
Die Weißkopfseeadlerin Sitka hat Probleme mit ihren Flügeln und hat einen gebrochenen Zeh: sie kann sich selbst deswegen nicht versorgen, denn sie kann nichts schweres greifen. Sie lebt schon eine ganze Weile im „Raptor-Gehege“.
Die Eule, deren Namen ich leider vergessen habe, hat etwas an den Federn: Sie kann sich aufgrund dessen nicht an ihre Beute leise „anpirschen“ und kann deshalb nicht gut für sich sorgen.

Noch ein Funfact am Rande: Weißkopfseeadler haben ca. 7000 Federn und sie können jede einzelne von ihnen individuell steuern.Read more
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Canada and Alaska
- Sep 13, 2019, 8:00am · 🌧 12 °C Altitude: Sealevel
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Tsantikihin (historical)Juneau Harbor 58.294291, -134.40169958°17’39” N 134°24’6” W
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North to Akaska
September 13, 2019 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
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The internet is very hit and miss so we can only cross our fingers that the posts update properly.

It’s very quiet onboard, I’m told there’s only 1,300 people aboard, capacity for the ship is 1,432. It’s a small cruise ship compared to the others.

We’re due to dock in Juneau early this afternoon. We’ll take a wander around then we’re booked in for the Salmon Bake @ 5pm. All you can eat Salmon, Lachlan’s very excited.

But before all the lovely Salmon we listen to the cruise director talk about Skagway History - Dreamers, Schemers & Stampeders. Facinating history this little state has. I love they way they refer to the other US states as “the lower 48”.

We’ve had a light lunch and decide to disembark the Ship....WOW, it’s raining bears & moose’s- we wait 20 minutes and it’s clear enough to venture out. Mums all dressed up like red riding hood.
It’s worse than Melbourne - almost terrestrial rain then it stops for 5 minutes then down it comes again with gusty winds too boot.....
We do a little souvenir shopping then decide this is crazy & head back to the ship.Read more
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Wow memories of raining bears and moose! That’s pretty amazing. ( And we don’t have that in Melbourne!)
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Beth Vogelzang Rocky & Bullwinkle Tour
- Aug 15, 2017, 11:05pm · 🌧 11 °C Altitude: 7 m
  United States Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.300375, -134.41518958°18’1” N 134°24’55” W
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Day14
North, to Alaska!
August 15, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
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Up this morning we walked around downtown Juneau. This city, the capital of Alaska has only about 31,500 people. The economy seems to entirely revolve around the cruise ship industry. Today, there were four ships in dock, and this occurs every day! There are a heaps of tourist shops on the dock area, and hundreds of people frequenting them.

Cathy needed some time to do some school marking, so Paul and I caught the local bus out the the Mendenhall Valley, and took a very pleasant walk to the Glacier. We saw red salmon in a stream, and the glacier was impressive. On the way back, through the drizzly rain, we saw a mother bear and her three cubs... very special. We took a 4 km walk through the forest, which was gorgeous. It was raining, but I think it is a rare day that it does not rain here.

Tomorrow we catch a ferry to Glacier Bay and Gustavus.Read more
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This is a very cute picture
8/20/17Reply
Beth Vogelzang
Haha, there is actually Glacier behind us...
8/20/17Reply
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Michi und Rahel Round The World 2015
- Jun 4, 2015 · 🌧 11 °C Altitude: 8 m
  United States Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.301944, -134.41972258°18’7” N 134°25’11” W
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Downtown Juneau, Juneau
June 4, 2015 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
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Eine kleine Cessna hat uns von Skagway über Juneau nach Gustavus (Nationalpark Glacier Bay) gebracht. Eine andere Möglichkeit gäbe es auch gar nicht, da der Ort nur aus der Luft und sonst noch per Schiff zu erreichen ist. Das schlechte Wetter hat uns einen ziemlich holprigen Flug beschert, dennoch konnten wir von oben schon die unglaubliche Schönheit der Landschaft von Alaska erahnen (der eine mehr, der andere weniger. Stimmts Rahel? ;-)).Read more
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Pascale Haefeli
Rahel sieht etwas angespannt aus, Michi aber ganz locker:))
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Michi und Rahel
Ja war sie auch. Man konnte sie nicht mal ansprechen :-)
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Traveler Canada & Alaska Summer 2019
- Jul 30, 2019, 9:27pm · ⛅ 15 °C Altitude: Sealevel
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Douglas Lawson Creek 58.28785, -134.4021558°17’16” N 134°24’8” W
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Leaving Juneau
July 30, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Aside from the state house and kayaking, we spent our day exploring the breweries of Juneau before watching a glorious sunset from the stern of the ship as we sailed back down the Gastinaeu Channel for Skagway.Read more
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Rambling Bears Rambling North America
- Aug 25, 2017 · 🌫 11 °C Altitude: 50 m
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Chicken Ridge Historic District 58.303025, -134.41209358°18’11” N 134°24’44” W
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Day30
Downtown Juneau
August 25, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 11 °C
We saw the sun break briefly over the hills above us before the clouds and mists closed in again. The showers were back but not too heavy.
Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is a small city spread out between the foreshore and the mountains that line the coastline. She is a wet city, possibly the wettest in Alaska and hence extremely green.
Just around the corner and down the hill a little we found an organic supermarket. Yep that time again. New Airbnb means a grocery shop. One of the downfalls of travelling and doing your own cooking is that some of the essentials of cooking you are continually buying as it is too hard to take any leftovers along you. This is particularly so if you are not going to another for a while.
So groceries out of the way we wandered down the hill browsing the many tourist traps in the old town to the harbour. We were able to jag tickets for Tracy Arm Fjord and Sawyer’s Glacier tomorrow with Adventure Bound. Nothing like leaving things to the last minute. Thankfully we made it by the skin of our teeth with just a few places left. Along the waterfront we came across a cute statue of the hound, Patsy Ann. Rather than repeating the story the plague relating it is in the photos.Read more
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Rambling Bears Rambling North America
- Aug 24, 2017 · 🌫 12 °C Altitude: 6 m
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Chicken Ridge Historic District 58.301815, -134.41343758°18’7” N 134°24’48” W
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Day29
Ferry to Juneau, Our Last Ferry Stop
August 24, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
Ruth and Steve headed off on the next leg of their journey early in the morning and after an easy start to the day we had another wander around town before catching the Fairweather to Juneau. This ferry was a catamaran and a lot faster than the Matanuska and the Malaspina.
We have an Air BnB in Juneau, a small and simple studio on the bottom floor of a beautiful home on the hill above the downtown area. The pine covered hills of Juneau are directly behind and above. It's in a great position and guess what. It's raining! Who'd have thought. But we are Alaskan now and walking in the rain has become second nature.Read more
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Rambling Bears Rambling North America
- Aug 27, 2017 · ☁️ 11 °C Altitude: 22 m
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)58.302545, -134.40714558°18’9” N 134°24’26” W
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Day32
Last Day in Juneau
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Another overcast day! Such a shame. Juneau is such a beautiful city and I love to see it without the shroud of mist and rain. But it is what it is and we are lucky to be here, rain or nor rain.
Today the Juneau Museum. Such a beautiful museum. Then our final downtown walk.Read more
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Rambling Bears Rambling North America
- Aug 20, 2017 · 🌫 10 °C Altitude: 415 m
  United States Alaska Juneau City and Borough Starr Hill Gold Creek Valley 58.310556, -134.41803158°18’38” N 134°25’5” W
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Day25
A Feather Bed and Mendenhall Glacier.
August 20, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌫 10 °C
We arrived is Juneau around mid-day. Unlike outside most Australian transport hubs and for that matter most other places to which we have travelled there rarely are taxis or buses waiting at ferry terminals in Alaska. There are courtesy phones available at the terminals for acquiring transport either public or hotel shuttles but I didn't seem to have a lot of luck using the one here in Juneau. It kept telling me I was making a long distance phone call and that that was not allowed. On to my mobile and a quick call to our hotel and a shuttle was on its way. Once the shuttle arrived it was quickly full and we were to wait until the driver returned. Our hotel's company had two hotels near each other and it appeared that tonight they were going to be full. While waiting we chatted to a delightful young local and eventually we were on our way to Grandma's Feather Bed.
Grandma's Feather Bed, yes, that was the name of the hotel I had chosen. And why had I made that choice. Well two reasons - one because it is out of town not too far from the both the ferry terminal and Mendenhall Glacier and the other reason? The name of course. Who could not resist sleeping at Grandma's Feather Bed.
The room was very comfy if not a tad unusual. The shower recess was a glassed enclosure opening directly into the room. No body secrets between Neil and I and just as well. The shower hid nothing! It was also a fancy spa shower that came sans instructions. Neil and I both ended up having a luke warm shower due to not knowing how to operate it!
Once settled we called a taxi and headed for Mendenhall Glacier. This glacier is perhaps one of the more readily accessible glaciers and hence was being visited by the masses. That, however, in no way diminished the magnitude, majesty or beauty of the glacier. Of course the rain although absent for a brief period while we were first wandering the tracks around the glacier returned and we beat a hasty retreat before we were drenched.
For dinner we walked in the rain to a nearby restaurant/sports bar. On our return I decided that I knew a short cut! The return journey was a lot longer than it should have been and the rain got heavier!Read more
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Traveler Alaska & the Yukon
- Aug 31, 2017, 1:40pm · 🌧 12 °C Altitude: 8 m
  United States Alaska Juneau Gull City 58.300131, -134.4151458°18’0” N 134°24’55” W
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Alaska Museum, Juneau
August 31, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Walking along the waterfront, we head for the state museum. It's permanent exhibits trace Alaskan history and social life. Exhibits include the First Peoples of the region; the importance of fishing and whaling to the native culture and the state's early development; Alaska's interaction with Russia and the US; then the place of Alaska in WW2 history.

From the beginning of 1940, the US ploughed considerable resources into Alaska to defend US territory. The building of the Alaska Highway, military installations, airports and harbours were all erected swiftly along with a communications system. Alaska became a strategic part of the defence of US soil. In 1942, the Japanese invaded and took hold of Attu and Kiska, 2 of the Aleutian Islands. It wasn't until 1943, they were regained and it was from there that bombing raids were made on the Japanese Islands.Read more
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