In the early morning light National Geographic Sea Lion entered Glacier Bay. After picking up our park ranger Nicole Schaub, rangers in training, and Lee and William, two Tlingit cultural interpreters, we began making our way north in Tarr Inlet. In 1794, Captain George Vancouver sailed the H.M.S. Discovery through these waters, making it only to the entrance of what is now Glacier Bay...there he found a wall of ice, now called Grand Pacific Glacier. The ice wall Captain Vancouver encountered has now retreated 65 miles south up Tarr Inlet. Our journey today, would be cruising those 65 miles of Tarr Inlet in search of wildlife and even more; enjoying the visual feast being presented in the early hours of this glorious day! Our trip, so far, has been graced with astounding weather...from the early dawn hours until sunset each day we have watched the slow moving late spring sun stretch across an open blue sky!
- Daily Expedition Reports
- 17 May 2017
Glacier Bay, 5/17/2017, National Geographic Sea Lion
- Aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion
- Alaska
Sharon Grainger, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Sharon’s degrees in Psychology and Anthropology from Eastern Washington University have given her a good base to pursue her profession as a naturalist and photographer. With five generations of artists behind her, she has developed a portfolio of ima...
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