Considering the fact that our Alaska itinerary is repetitious, all be it a 14-day one, I have decided that these posts should be a compendium of photos, videos and chat from the previous days; that way I should be able to avoid repeating myself (and thus avoiding boring you) 🙂
We have just left Icy Strait Point, (aka the village of Hoonah) and are making our way down the Icy Strait towards the Gulf of Alaska and Anchorage. We have had, thus far, glorious weather, even as I write, the GoPro is busy recording the magnificent vista of snow-capped mountains, (that one for a later post).
Thank you once again for your comments, they are appreciated, I assure you. Our first call, after Seattle, was Ketchikan and here is the video.
During the passage from Ketchikan we pass through a narrow passage, ‘Snow Pass’; this occurred in the late evening with a glorious sunset.
Whales were ‘bubble feeding’ in the Pass
Then onwards to Endicott Arm for the next morning and some scenic cruising.
A magnificent ‘hanging glacier and waterfall from the run-off
A close up
…and our ultimate destination in Endicott Arm, the Dawes glacier.
Thence to Juneau:-
2 Bald eagles, atop the ‘Sheep Creek’ beacon
The Volendam departing Juneau on a full moon
The lights of Juneau astern, after our departure
And now, to the present, Icy Strait Point. In this time-lapse I have experimented, previous ones have no voice-over; well, after some experimentation, I believe I have succeeded 🙂
It started as a foggy day
A promenade along the beach-front
The old Fish-dock
We used to have to use our tenders here; the float on which we berthed
The old Cannery, now a museum
I believe this is the longest zip-line in North America
Everyone goes fishin’ in Alaska
An Indian ‘totem’
Well, out of many, many photos, I hope you enjoy the selection. Don’t forget one can ‘double-click’ on them to produce a larger, hi-res 🙂
Captain Jonathan,
Thanks again for sharing your fantastic blog (video, audio, photos). Glad you are enjoying fair weather. Cheers!
Linda I follow a blog of someone on the world cruises same ship and find it most interesting from 2 view points Some of the sailing and ships maps are so called greek to me,but still fund to see.
Yes Captain the photo;s are great, so nice you get to see how things change weather wise going every 2 weeks, poor cruisers have to take what they get no coming back the next week.
We had great weather in June.
Love the video’s and the pictures, thanks for taking the time to do this!
I haven’t cruised to Alaska in many years but after seeing your pictures I can’t wait to book my next cruise there. I had forgotten just how beautiful it is. Thank you so much for reminding me. I can’t wait to see what lies ahead!
Job well done with pictures and voice over. Your pictures bring back so many happy memories from my 14 day Alaska cruise on the Amsterdam in 2012!
Captain I love your post. The addition of the voice over is fantastic!! Thank you for all the pictures, video, and your time to blog. I really enjoy this.
So enjoyable to read your blog. My dad was a captain in the US Merchant Marines and reading your stories is fantastic. Will be joining you soon as we sail the 2018 World Cruise with you.
Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful trips to Alaska with us. The photos are outstanding and it is a completely different Alaska to when we visited back in September, 2006! We had cold, wet weather and we never wanted to return. Your photos have shown a completely different picture to what we experienced and you may have succeeded in persuading us to make the long journey from Australia once again.
Dear Captain Mercer, I have followed you for a long time and really love your posts. I was thrilled today to finally hear your voice!!! I also love the videos of docking. Please don’t stop doing this as I am sure nobody gets bored. I have been to Alaska three times and would go again in a heartbeat. It is easy for us as we live in Vancouver. Thanks again for your beautiful photographs and very interesting posts. Nora Sarsons, Vancouver. HAL Mariner.
Thanks for the great Pictures and Vedios. You are the best.
Been to Alaska several times never saw scenery like you took.
Your Blog is most enjoyable Thanks again
Fred
Thank you Captain –you succeeded beyond imagining with yr Icy Point voice over.. We loved it–we have been to Alaska many times but never seen Icy point–It will certainly be on our “must do” list. Nice to hear your voice –it definitely adds to the pictures.
Thank you, Wendy & Al
Hallo Captain; me thinks a GoPro with voice over down that “longest zip-line in Hoonah” would be be a first 😉
Hey Captain, love the commentary! All images so picturesque .
I would love to hear your announcements one day.
I know this may sound unusual for you but we would really feel we were on board even more!
Well, whatever we receive from you it is a bonus to our day.
Thank you indeed.
Thank you, Capt. Jonathan. Enjoyed the photos. Makes me want to try the zip line!
There is absolutely no way you would bore us Capt.! I love your blogs, so much so that on the 2 World Cruises with you, I was sitting downstairs in the library reading your blog. Yes, I was on the cruise and reading about it. Was very nice to have my view and then yours of the very same thing!
Linda R.