Kenai Fjords National Park: Aialik and Holgate Glaciers
Yep, its pretty beautiful out here. This is our counterparts on the skiff tour, in front of a hanging glacier. This morning we took our guests aboard the expedition ship Safari Explorer, deep into Kenai Fjords National Park, here in Alaska. It was day 1 of our brand new Aleutian Islands itinerary, where we spend 10 days going from Seward to Dutch Harbor. We will travel more than 800 miles, explore countless bays, share hiking trails with massive bears, and trade coastal temperate rainforest for wind strewn tundra. After bringing the guests from Anchorage to Seward, we met the Safari explorer in Seward harbor. After a quick boarding and drill, we cast off our lines and headed out on our inaugural Aleutian Islands trip. A regal looking bald eagle sat on the channel marker as we left the harbor, signaling good things to come. After a night of sailing we arrived in beautiful Kenai Fjords. The sound of ice, scraping down the side of the boat woke people from their peaceful slumber. I ...