SKAGWAY, ALASKA
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JUNE 20, 2007:
At 6:12am we were securely moored at the Forward Rail Road Dock in Skagway.
I had a couple of hours before my first shore excursion so I walked
around Skagway before all the people on the four cruise ships docked in town woke up.
Skagway (originally spelled Skaguay) is from the Tlingit name for the area, "Skagua." The name
has several meanings, "the place where the north wind blows," "stiffly wind-rippled water," etc.
In 1897 gold was discovered in the Klondike and the first boatload of prospectors landed in Skagway.
7 minute video of Skagway, Alaska. Click on the İYouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
I took to the skies again in Skagway with Temsco Helicopter's Glacier Discovery Tour.
We flew over many mountains and glaciers before arriving at our landing spot.
We landed on Meade Glacier. The helicopters picked up the passengers they left on the previous trip.
We had 40 minutes on the glacier before the helicopters returned to pick us up.
After takeoff we flew toward the Lynn Canal and Haines, Alaska.
We took a right at Haines and flew up the Lynn Canal back to Skagway.
11 minute video of my helicopter journey to Meade Glacier. Click on the İYouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
After returning to Skagway I took a high speed catamaran to Glacier Point.
Lynn Canal is the deepest fjord in North America and one of the deepest and longest in the world.
There are numerous cascading waterfalls along the canal.
It took 40 minutes to get down to Glacier Point from Skagway on the Chilkat Express.
After a short scenic drive and a quarter mile hike the forest opens up to the Davidson Glacier.
We paddled our canoes out to the face of the glacier with bald eagles flying overhead.
It was a beautiful and peaceful trip, we returned to Skagway the same way we came.
Got back to the ship just in time to sail down the Lynn Canal as the sun was setting on another great day.
11 minute video of my wilderness safari to Davidson Glacier. Click on the İYouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
Click above to continue to my next adventure, GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK.
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