Animals we saw ...
Bear
Moose
Dahl Sheep
Seals
Otters
Sea Lions
Whales
Eagles
Seagulls
Ravens
Dogs
1 Cat
and how we got there ...
Commercial Jet
Sea Ship
Private Plane -Ski -Float
Helicopter
Hi-Speed Catamaran
Train
Lifeboat
Dogsled
Hi-Speed Raft
ATV
Bus/Minivan/Taxi
Feet
Don't Call them "Eskimos"
When the first explorers reached the Athabaskan Inuit in central Alaska, they asked whether there were any tribes north, along the Artic Ocean. "Oh, yes - those eskimos", which was apparently an insult meaning "those uncouth who eat their blubber uncooked." -A
Terry Breen
Regent arranges for speakers on their cruises and ours was Terry Breen, an anthropologist and travel writer. She delivered formal presentations in the ship's theater most days (which were recorded and looped on the cabin TV) and spoke live from the bridge while arriving/leaving port and sailing through special segments (broadcast live on the Observation Deck/Lounge). Her historical, cultural and geologic talks were a wonderful way to prepare and relive our activities. -A
Couldn't get MJ off my mind
No, it wasn't just the non-stop news coverage - when the elevators arrived at a lobby, the sound they played was exactly the first 2 notes of Thriller ... -A
Icebergs
A freshly calved glacial iceberg has the most amazing, unearthly blue color. At the moment we approached this, I swore it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
The pressure exerted by the glacier's weight compresses the ice until it's 100% transparent (you can read a newspaper thru it). This specimen was "fished" out of Tracy Arm by the naturalist aboard our catamaran.
We were in our cabin while sailing away
from Hubbard Glacier when I heard a
loud thump.
I shot this just before a large chunk
of ice went by bearing swatches of
our hull's dark blue paint.
-A
Regent arranges for speakers on their cruises and ours was Terry Breen, an anthropologist and travel writer. She delivered formal presentations in the ship's theater most days (which were recorded and looped on the cabin TV) and spoke live from the bridge while arriving/leaving port and sailing through special segments (broadcast live on the Observation Deck/Lounge). Her historical, cultural and geologic talks were a wonderful way to prepare and relive our activities. -A
Couldn't get MJ off my mind
No, it wasn't just the non-stop news coverage - when the elevators arrived at a lobby, the sound they played was exactly the first 2 notes of Thriller ... -A
Icebergs
A freshly calved glacial iceberg has the most amazing, unearthly blue color. At the moment we approached this, I swore it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.
The pressure exerted by the glacier's weight compresses the ice until it's 100% transparent (you can read a newspaper thru it). This specimen was "fished" out of Tracy Arm by the naturalist aboard our catamaran.
We were in our cabin while sailing awayfrom Hubbard Glacier when I heard a
loud thump.
I shot this just before a large chunk
of ice went by bearing swatches of
our hull's dark blue paint.
-A
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