We woke up to a very Southeast Alaska morning, that is to say: a beautiful, misty morning with mountains shrouded in clouds. Our afternoon was a true expedition as we visited a bay unfamiliar to all on board. Passengers and naturalists alike went to investigate supposed logging roads abandoned decades ago.
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- 23 Jul 2023
Sergius Narrows and Rodman Bay, 7/23/2023, National Geographic Venture
- Aboard the National Geographic Venture
- Alaska
Claire Dal Nogare, Naturalist
Claire is a proud Alaskan transplant. It was the hardiness of these frontiersmen that motivated her to become a pilot and commercial fisherman. When not in Alaska, she generally follows the Arctic tern's migration route from one polar region to anoth...
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