Glacier Bay Lodge Gustavus

... bay, so we ate on the deck and had a nice good-bye.<br><br>The float plane provided fantastic views of the mountains, glaciers, and sea. We landed on the water air strip, which is parallel with the paved landing strip at the Juneau airport. We got of there late, arriving in Seattle about thirty minutes late. Tomorrow we will leave for Denver and the end of a terrific trip. If you're ever wanting to experience Alaska, make sure you enjoy with Kimber and her crew. What a trip!

... to Idaho Inlet. We sailed up the inlet, until dropping anchor near the river at the end which feeds into it. Although the wind kicked up, Kimber decided to lower the kayaks in the water and send us up the river to look for bears. We saw an enormous one just before we anchored. It was a brown bear (aka grizzly), that was grazing in the meadow. We hoped to see more after kayaking to a hiking spot.<br><br><br ...

... Canada, but it now sits on the US side of the border. There was, of course, an argument over whose glacier it was, and the international body that governs these things (can't remember the name) awarded its possession to the US. But I digress, we got to watch the glacier calf several pieces of ice, as well as row by a number of bird species. I took a lot of pictures of puffins, but I can't tell if they've come out or not. Between their ...

Welcome to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve! The marine wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve includes tidewater glaciers, snow-capped mountain ranges, ocean coastlines, deep fjords, and freshwater rivers and lakes. This diverse land and seascape hosts a mosaic of plant communities and a variety of marine and terrestrial wildlife and presents many opportunities for ...

After spending a day at sea we entered Glaicier Bay. The temperature dropped to about 8 degrees celcius. It was strange but you could feel the excitment as we entered the bay. Everyone was anticipating something but most of us had know idea what to expect. Our ...

... le puffin qui est l'oiseau national de l'Alaska. Vers midi on entre dans la baie des glaciers et le soleil est au rendez-vous. Le mur de glace qui nous fait face a la hauteur d'un édifice de 25 étages et la rivière de glace qui l'amène ici a 40 milles de longueur. C'est ahurissant d'entendre le son que fait cette glace et surtout de voir tomber des pans dans l'océan. (voir photos). On a vu au total près d'une vingtaine de de glaciers au cours de la journée ...

June 29, 2005 - Fishing! Got up at my usual time and went to the charter boat dock with five other caravaners where we boarded a fishing boat commanded by Captain Adam. We proceeded to go out in the harbor at Skagway and fish for king salmon that were about to begin their spawn trip up the small streams that emptied in to the harbor. Well, I caught the first fish which was an eight pounder. The second fish (caught by Jack) was a twenty pounder. The ...