Juneau
Trip Start
Aug 18, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 15, 2008
Juneau,
Alaska,
United States
Friday, September 5, 2008
7.45am Picked up our first Alaskan pilot
12.00nn Partly cloudy skies, light breeze; 10 degrees C
1.45pm Safely docked in Juneau
10.05pm Unmoored
10.35pm Commenced voyage to Skagway
Berthed at Juneau, the capital of Alaska, at 1.45pm and we make our way off the ship to join our Dog Sledding on the Mendenhall Glacier excursion. We get taken by bus to the airport where we board a helicopter for a flight up the Glacier to the Musher's camp
Towel animal for today
. After getting introduced to the dogs we get harnassed up and are taken for a sled ride - watch out they poo when they run, lucky for us we didn't wear it. Got to see and pat the puppies and have a look at their camp, very rustic. They take the dogs up there for the Summer months as it's too hot for the dogs in the town, in a few weeks they are taking them back down by helicopter (I'd hate to travel in the chopper). These are the dogs that race in the big sled race they have in Alaska each year. The dogs also are not pure bred Huskies but are interbred because Huskies fur is too hot and these dogs have shorter hair.After coming back to Juneau we had a look around the town and went back to the ship.
