Epic 6.5 Mile Exploratory Kayak in Whale Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska
Water this calm is beckoning to be kayaked on. We explored all the nooks and crannies along the shoreline and ended up covering about 6.5 miles by the end of the adventure. What an adventure! Today I took our guests, aboard the expedition ship Safari Explorer, to a bay in Prince William Sound that we have never been to before. This is what expedition travel is all about. We are all exploring together. This afternoon I had planned on showing them the massive Chenega tidewater glacier, but it had dropped so much ice into Icy Bay, that getting anywhere near it was impossible. So, after studying the charts of nearby adventure options, we decided to take the boat into the neighboring Whale Bay. Whale Bay was historically a great place to see feeding humpback whales. It was a known spot for young herring fish to gather, a favorite food of the whales. However, the herring fishery collapsed after the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, when oil covered the normally pristine waters and shorelines...