Capturing the Moment

  I really liked how this picture came out. The large circle in the foreground in the mount for a huge Panama gun. It could fire on just about anything that could be seen, out to the horizon in the water. The command bunker behind was where they would do the calculations to figure out where to point the gun. Our hiking group can be seen walking the ridgeline up to the bunker at the top. We made it all the way to our Aleutian Islands! Dutch Harbor, the home of the 'Deadliest Catch' show, was our destination. It took us 10 days to get here, through a lot of unprotected open ocean traveling. We did have a sturdy boat, the Safari Explorer, which is an expedition style ship. But what we really lucked out with was the weather! It was sunny the whole time. It was calm enough to paddle offshore with whales. We had to put sunscreen out on the back table and remind people about bring sunglasses on activities. I just hope that I didn't use up all the good weather for the rest of the s...

  Carl E. Moses boat harbor in Unalaska. After nine days exploring Kenai Fjords, Kodiak Island, Katmai National Park, and the wild Alaskan Peninsula, we have made it to our final destination of Dutch Harbor, out in the Aleutian Island chain. These islands stretch from the Alaskan peninsula all the way to Kamchatka, Russia. We had a few rough nights early on, but then the weather turned beautiful and we found some amazing spots. Wide Bay and Kukak Bay provided some incredible bear encounters, Unga Island was perhaps the biggest surprise with kayaking through sea arches and exploring the ghost village. And finding a hidden cove after driving the small boat through a sea arch in Akutan was very memorable. But now it was time to explore this bustling city, out on the edge of the world. This is where the North Pacific Ocean meets the cold Bering Sea. People call it the "Cradle of Storms", and it came to fame recently with the popular reality TV series called 'The Deadliest Cat...