The Inside Passage

Our first trip on the M/V Ursa Major for the summer season was a two week charter from Anacortes, Washington to Sitka, Alaska. The wildlife viewing along the way was spectacular, as seen in Josh's photos of the journey.

A brown bear foraging at low tide in Sergious Narrows near Sitka. The heavy snowfall received in southeast Alaska and coastal British Columbia at all elevations forced bears to the beaches earlier than normal this summer to forage.


Humpback whale breaching in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska (part 1).


Humpback whale breaching in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska (part 2).


Humpback whale breaching in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska (part 3).


Humpback whale breaching in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska (part 4).


Humpback whale breaching in Frederick Sound near Petersburg, Alaska (part 5).


The whale activity we've seen in just the past few weeks was more extensive than the whale activity we saw all last summer in southeast Alaska. We are expecting this summer to be quite exciting for whale watching!



We also caught 500 jumbo Alaska Spot Prawns in our shrimp trap. The largest shrimp we caught was almost 1 foot in length from antenna to tail. Delicious......