Canada & Alaska - 2014

Day 20: Inside Passage — Juneau Mon Jul 07, 2014

We awake this morning to cruise through the Tracy Arm Fjord. Unfortunately there was a fair bit of low cloud which prevented clear views of the high granite walls and the narrow, twisting shoreline with its rocky outcroppings. Later, we arrive in Alaska’s capital, Juneau, set at the foot of grand mountain peaks on the Gastineau Channel. Here, we disembarked and took a bus to the airport where we joined a helicopter tour up on to the Mendenhall Glacier. On the glacier we joined a Musher's Camp and took a dogsled ride before heading back on the helicopter.


Whale off the balcony	Crown Princess following behind	Glacier on the way in to Juneau	Close-up of glacier	A small(?) iceberg: see the seagulls?	A small island	Another small island

Houses on the edge of Juneau	The U.S. Coast Guard shandows us	More up-market Juneau houses	The Juneau cruise ship port	A float plane taking off	One of the tenders to take us to shore	Leaving the ship for a day around Juneau

Ready for the helicopter ride onto the Mendenhall Glacier and dog sled	Debbie ready to fly	The pilot lifts off	The helicopter in the air	View from the helicopter across the inlet	First view of Mendenhall Glacier	A closer view of the glacier

Looking along the glacier	A sweeping bend of the glacier	A closer look at the glacial ice	Colours of the glacier	A view of the Musher's camp from the air	The helicopter landing	I've got you

And I've got you	One of the dogs	Getting the dogs ready	The dogs take off	The official dog sled photo	Debbie with Dillon the driver	Mal and Debbie with the sled

A tributory glacier above the camp	Debbie with a puppy	A final look at Mendenhall from the air	The main street of Juneau	Looking down main street the other way	Our ship in the harbour	Linda Davis: A Humpback whale tail

Linda Davis: A bevy of seals	Linda Davis: Humpbacks feeding