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  • Three humpback whales surfacing and blowing in front of a forested shoreline near Juneau, Alaska.

    Alaska Aboard Seabourn Odyssey: Juneau to Vancouver

    2–11 August 2023 · Alaska

    Seabourn Odyssey · Seabourn

    In August 2023 we spent two days in Juneau, then sailed Seabourn Odyssey, a luxury expedition ship, to Vancouver from August 4 to 11. Juneau gave us bubble-feeding humpbacks, Mendenhall Glacier and the Mount Roberts Tramway. Aboard, the Ventures Team took us Zodiac cruising at Dawes Glacier and kayaking in Misty Fjords. Weather cancelled one outing. This is what it was actually like.

  • A row of red and orange expedition kayaks pulled up on a muddy shore below a spruce forest in Southeast Alaska.

    Wild Alaska: Orcas, Icebergs and a Very Cold Baptism

    25–30 June 2021 · Alaska

    National Geographic Sea Lion · Lindblad Expeditions

    In June 2021 we sailed Lindblad's National Geographic Sea Lion out of Ketchikan for five nights in Southeast Alaska. Orcas met us on the first evening and came back to interrupt dinner two nights later. We kayaked Misty Fjords, watched a brown bear in Walker Cove, and finished among hundreds of seal mothers and pups at a calving glacier.

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Chris Commisso standing beside a glacial lagoon in Iceland, with icebergs and a snow-covered mountain behind him.

Chris Commisso · Expedition Expert

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Chris and Erika have sailed ten expedition voyages and toured seven more expedition ships. Favorite explorations so far: Antarctica, Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Alaska, the Galápagos, the Scottish Hebrides, Churchill and French Polynesia.

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