Normandie Posted April 11, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I am scheduled on HAL's Volendam May 19th sailing to Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway and Glacier Bay. What are my chances of seeing a moose lurking on the shore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 11, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Don't get your hopes up. But spending a lot of time out on deck in your close land sailing areas may have a view?? Necessary will be a good pair of binouclars with wide angle the way to go for marine wildlife viewing. 10x50's have served me well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaKE Posted April 13, 2004 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2004 We saw moose in May - in downtown Anchorage. They have so many green areas that wild life is often seen in town. We saw it from the train on the Seward to Anchorage trip. LindaKE Sun Princess(Alaska) Carnival Inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juneau-ite Posted April 13, 2004 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2004 On that route, it will likely be Glacier Bay that offers your best chance at seeing a Moose from the ship. As BQ mentions, it will be very, very, lucky if you do though. On Sunday, May 23rd, your ship will be in Glacier Bay from 07:00 to 16:00. There has been a recent mini population boom in Moose in the Glacier Bay area (Lower Bay). And, your ship will stop in the lower bay to embark a park ranger interpretor. That is a great area to watch the eastern shoreline. (Starboard side) This link may assist. (Look at the animal repopulation info) www.glacierbay.org/#wildlife Hope this helps ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telesaps Posted April 13, 2004 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2004 How about Moose in mid-August, Scagway, Juneau, or Ketchikan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 14, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Like LindaKE, I saw a moose in May also - on the bus from Anchorage to Seward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 14, 2004 #7 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I have only seen moose in Glacier bay, Inside Passage. Never in any of the ports. Anchorage is a prime area. I also this last trip saw a moose downtown Seward- chewing trees on someone's lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQ Posted April 14, 2004 #8 Share Posted April 14, 2004 We saw a young bull moose at Eagle River Nature Center in late May right next to the trail and right next to some trail workers who warned us that we were too close, which was about 50' and we were not trying to get closer, but he was moving towards us Except for four or five in denali, that was the only one we saw in our two weeks of wildlife searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Star Posted April 14, 2004 #9 Share Posted April 14, 2004 I don't know about seeing moose directly from the cruise ship, but May is a good time to see Moose - especially cows with calves. When the vegetation is not high they are more visible eating the new shoots. Later in the season they are there but hidden behind the vegetation. August/September they seem to come into towm more trying to get away from bears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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