Daily Expedition Reports
02 Aug 1999

From the Sea Bird in Alaska, 8/2/1999, National Geographic Sea Bird

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird
Alaska

We started the day in Williams Cove with rounds of kayaking and hiking during one of the warmest and clearest days ever experienced in southeast Alaska. There was no wind and lots of countryside to view.

After a barbecue on deck, the Sea Bird went towards the Sawyer Glaciers at the end of Tracy Arm. Along the way the ship encountered a group of orca travelling out of Tracy Arm. We stopped and followed them for a few minutes before continuing on up the glacially carved fjord.

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Jason Kelley, Naturalist

Jason grew up traveling with his oceanographer father and biologist mother, both of whom worked with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic. This led him to a job as a Zodiac driver while still a teenager. After receiving a degree in geology from...

From the Sea Bird in Alaska

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