Alaska 2019 photo review

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More Orca pics.....(sorry, hard to pick just a few)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We did see some other wildlife as well....

 

 

 

And then a few more Orcas paid us a visit!!

 

 

 

 

I count 7 in this photo....

 

 

Edited June 28, 2019 by cruisinskier

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This tour turned out to be another of the highlights of our entire trip!!  OK, just a few more.....

 

 

 

Time to add something other than Orcas....found this guy up on the mountainside as we were headed back in to port

 

 

We were almost back in to port and we saw this guy......

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2019 by cruisinskier

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Given this is a cruise board, as we were headed back to port we saw the Star Legend docked in Seward....

 

[SeaofStars]

Wow, great pics! 😍 You really lucked out on seeing them!

[cruisinskier]

On 6/27/2019 at 11:39 PM, SeaofStars said:

Wow, great pics! 😍 You really lucked out on seeing them!

 

Thanks!  It was a great experience!!  More Orcas may be coming......

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Thursday May 23 - Seward - Exit Glacier & Alaska Sealife Centre

 

After a quiet night at the VRBO with a beer around the firepit, today was more of a relaxing day.  We did the 10 minute drive out to Exit Glacier around noon....

 

 

 

 

There were various signs showing where the glacier was in past years, evidence of the melting glaciers....

 

 

 

 

 

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You can walk along paved paths or you can walk out onto the flats......we continued walking along the flats until we could see the glacier.....

 

 

 

 

 

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You can walk much closer to the glacier than we did.....we spent about 90 minutes here........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 29, 2019 by cruisinskier

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OK, not sure why the photos above are not working....so will try a re-post here and ask the moderators to remove the above post....

 

You can walk much closer to the glacier than we did.....we spent about 90 minutes here........

 

 

 

 

 

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Our next stop was at the Alaska Sealife Centre.  This was built as a rehab centre dating back to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.   We again spent about 90 minutes here......

 

 

 

 

 

 

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More Alaska Sealife Centre pics......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One of our favourite birds is the Puffin!   We first saw them in Newfoundland and then again in Alaska.  Here is a video we took at the Alaska Sealife Centre showing them "flying" under water.....

 

 

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Friday May 24, 2019 - Seward - Kenai Fjords tour with Major Marine Tours

 

Today we set out on our second tour with Major Marine.   This one was 6 hours long and had a larger boat with more people on board although it still wasn't a full load.  Today's tour was a combination of wildlife, fjords and glaciers.....

 

 

The Radiance of the Seas was docked in Seward and would be heading out later that day

 

 

The Seward port....we had a great sunny day today!

 

 

 

Edited July 1, 2019 by cruisinskier

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Sorry folks, having some major issues with Photobucket (surprise....) that are limiting my ability to post.....

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OK, going to try this again......

 

Looking back at the Radiance of the Seas

 

 

The Bear Glacier was much clearer than 2 days earlier....

 

 

Kayakers having fun!

 

 

Our first Orca sighting!!!!

 

Edited July 1, 2019 by cruisinskier

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The Orca's were really close to us and another Major Marine boat as well!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Always need a photo of the wake 😀

 

 

More Orcas

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By this time we were in the fjords and approaching the Holgate Glacier....

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Here is a panoramic photo of the glacier........

 

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Just then we started to hear some cracking.....and then we saw this.......

 

 

 

 

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There was lots of scenery around the glacier.....

 

 

 

The boat on the left shows the magnitude of the glacier....

 

 

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Next we found some seabirds.....

 

 

 

And then we saw a tail......

 

 

And some Puffins....

 

 

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And then we found a pod of humpbacks and the whale show continued......

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by cruisinskier

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The wildlife continued......