VALDEZ BOAT TOUR

A final tourist trip before heading south on the Alaskan Highway. This is a 75 foot boat out of Valdez on Prince William Sound. Finished nicely enough to call it a yacht. Small enough to go where the big boats can't.


We saw sea otters, puffins, whales, icebergs, the Columbia Glacier, etc. The captain kept up a running commentary on the oil industry, the salmon industry, the sea lion as a pest, the goldrush, the earthquake, glacier shrinkage, in addition to all the wildlife information. A great trip.


Here is a raft of sea otters. These guys mostly just float around on their backs. They are a protected species, meaning only native americans can hunt them, and then under special rules.
More in the next post with a great baby whale photo.