Post your favorite picture from Alaska thread

[SFAM]

I saw this idea in a ship line board and thought it would be good to do one just for Alaska. So post your favorite picture you took. I'll start off from one of my favorites I took last year (HAL Amsterdam June-July 07) - a Sea Otter from Sitka:

 

[SFAM]

Here's another one to hopefully get this thread rolling. This from about 4:30 in the morning, a few hours away from Juneau

 

 

Lets see your pictures, folks!

[bottom-dragger]

fettucini con vongole - all fresh from tinytown

[Yukon]

A feeding humpback in Hoonah harbor, from our trip with FISHES in 2006 - http://www.youralaskacruise.com/reviews/alaskacruises2006/3854.html

[judynorth]

Looking away from Hubbard Glacier in Yakutat Bay

 

[kellywhitehills]

Iceberg in Tracy Arm

 

Sitka Harbor

[kellywhitehills]

Pretty good start!...and those clams look freaking awesome and I dont even like clams!

 

Kelly

[SFAM]

Oh wow! kellywhitehills, that iceberg shot is awe inspiring! And yeah, I definitely want some clams now, not to mention a trip to Hubbard Glacier. :)

[judynorth]

Here is Hubbard Glacier on a sunny day

 

 

It is definitely worth a visit.

[Sierra Fox]

I have too many favorites to pick just one so here is a picture of a mother bear teaching her cub to fish in the stream in front of our cabin in Seward. The second one is a pod of orcas we saw while cruising in Kenai Fjords. - SF

[whale-watcher]

Here is a picture of the friendly whale we enjoyed near Valdez:

[kellywhitehills]

Some awesome pictures!..I love the wildlife shots and HUBBARD looks awesome..

 

Kelly

[SFAM]

Ohh! I can't wait to visit Kenja Fords next year. I'd love to see some adult male Orcas. The only males I saw in BC last year were youths. Here's a couple pics of a mother and calf humback outside of Sitka who breeched 18 times last year for us:

 

 

 

The calf (the one without the barnacles of course) kept trying to get all the way out of the water, but couldn't and then mommy decided to show off. At one point she did three in a row, one of which was close enough to splash us.

[SFAM]

Here is Hubbard Glacier on a sunny day

 

 

It is definitely worth a visit.

 

Wow, that's terrific. I'm going to miss Hubbard Glacier, but this picture is terrific! How tall is that up close?

[kellywhitehills]

Ohh! I can't wait to visit Kenja Fords next year. I'd love to see some adult male Orcas. The only males I saw in BC last year were youths. Here's a couple pics of a mother and calf humback outside of Sitka who breeched 18 times last year for us:

 

 

 

The calf (the one without the barnacles of course) kept trying to get all the way out of the water, but couldn't and then mommy decided to show off. At one point she did three in a row, one of which was close enough to splash us.

 

WOW I so hope we get to see something like that on our Whale Watch with Capt Jack...

Hey we saw some male orcas in Tracy Arm last year..It was awesome...I think they called him a Rouge male?? He was traveling by himself..

[Yukon]

Wow, that's terrific. I'm going to miss Hubbard Glacier, but this picture is terrific! How tall is that up close?

 

A couple of years ago I did some calculations and Photoshopped this to give some perspective - http://www.explorenorth.com/wordpress/?p=30

[judynorth]

A couple of years ago I did some calculations and Photoshopped this to give some perspective - http://www.explorenorth.com/wordpress/?p=30

 

WOW! That really puts things in perspective! The awesome size of a glacier is something that can only be experience first hand. Pictures never do it justice.

[SFAM]

A couple of years ago I did some calculations and Photoshopped this to give some perspective - http://www.explorenorth.com/wordpress/?p=30

 

What a great way to show perspective! Yeah, those things just get more impressive the closer you get.

[judynorth]

Here is a picture of the Millennium in front of Hubbard Glacier. Keep in mind that the ship was still a good way from the face of the glacier.

 

[PennyAgain]

There is a lot of talent here! Thanks!

[Krazy Kruizers]

All the pictures are fantasric.

 

All my pictures are in a photo album and I have not a clue how to scan a picture and post it here.

[pipedreams62]

[kellywhitehills]

 

Wow thats a great shot!..

 

Kelly

[cruise junky joan]

I hope everyone realizes how fantastically lucky they were to get these shots. We were in Resurection Bay for 7 hours and never saw an orca at all nor did we see more than the back of a whale. Same deal in Juneau. four hours on the boat, nothing. We did see whales from a huge distance but virtually nothing worth taking a picture of. I wouldn't have traded the experience for the world but not everyone sees the wildlife pictured here.

[judynorth]

We just had 400 of our almost 5000 pictures from our 14-day Alaska cruise on the Veendam printed. It was like giving away a child each time we rejected a picture to print. :o It is so hard to pick a favorite from such a varied selection of photos. I LOVE them all! I am really enjoying seeing everyone else's pictures too.