Below: Everyone was given comfortable yellow floatation jackets to wear during this trip. |
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Below: Two boats took this
tour. One held 13 passengers and one held only six passengers. Lee
and Karen Duquette quickly jumped on the six-passenger boat. A friend
on the bigger boat took their photo. |
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Below: Karen Duquette
photographing the other boat while they photographed her. |
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Below: Because it was a
small boat and a small amount of passengers, Lee Duquette got to drive
the boat for awhile. |
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Then, of course, Karen Duquette also had her turn driving the boat. |
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Below: The
scenic riverbanks through Cottonwood Slough and Andrews Creek and
some houseboats. |
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Below: The tall stately
Sitka Spruce is Alaska's state tree |
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Below: The Stikine River
is the fastest free-flowing navigable river in North America, and
is truly a photographer's dream. With glacier-capped peaks over 10,000
feet standing guard, and average summer flows of 180,000 cfs, it is
one of only five rivers that wind their way through the Coast Mountains
between Canada and the U.S. |
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Below: Icebergs of all sizes
were seen along the way. Glacier ice often appears blue to the eye
because it absorbs all the colors of the spectrum EXCEPT blue, which
is scattered back. About 75% of the iceberg is under the water's surface. |
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Karen and Lee Duquette touched a big iceberg. The term iceberg refers to chunks of ice larger than 16 feet across. Smaller icebergs are known as bergy bits and growlers. |
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Below: Karen and Lee Duquette
picked up some ice chunks off the iceberg. |
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Below: "I see
you" said Lee Duquette as he peeked through a hole in the
chunk of ice. |
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Below: Striking waterfalls
along the Stikine River |
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Below: A quick stop to explore
a cabin in the woods - Shakes Slough #2 - Built in 1963, this
16' X 16' A-frame cabin has a second floor loft and a sleeping capacity
of seven people. The partially covered front porch has a wooden cooler
box for food storage. The cabin overlooks Shakes Slough. No water
was readily available near the cabin. |
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Below: Karen and Lee Duquette
climbed up the ladder for a peek in the above loft. |
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Below: The Boat captain
and his 5 passengers |
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