The Alaskan love affair continues...




Random goodies I thought you might enjoy.   Keep checking back, as stuff will be added.



Pre-dawn Mount Redoubt

The World Ice Art Carving Championships in Fairbanks
On a tow to Nelson Lagoon; the Shelikof Straits, between the Alaskan Peninsula and Kodiak Island

Second day of the tow, from Pt. Wrangell to Cape Castle.
The third day was overcast and showers, but there were a few moments....
Through False Pass, and into the Bering Sea.
Back through False Pass to the Gulf of Alaska.
A couple sunrise pictures as I was getting off watch.   A few hours later, the mate wakes me - "Dave, there are whales bubble-netting off the bow...".   Who needs caffeine?
Not a lot to see crossing Shelikof Strait until evening.
A few more whales between Kodiak and the Kenai Peninsula.
A few more from Shelikof Strait.
A second trip to Nelson Lagoon wasn't as photogenic, but it was still gorgeous.
The weather cleared a bit on the way back between Sand Point and Castle Cape.
Kupreanof Point, and Spitz Island.
A few pics between Kodiak and the Alaskan Peninsula.
A trip to Anchorage, and some critters and mountains.
The wind playing with clouds over the Barren Islands.
Playing tourist in Nome.
The sail around Cape Prince of Wales to Kotzebue.
Went out to pick a few berries, take some pictures, and got a botany lesson from a young man.

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