Below: Everyone was given comfortable
yellow floatation jackets to wear during this trip. |
![Lee and Karen Duquette](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-wrangell_jetboa2.jpg) |
![Lee and Karen Duquette](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-wrangell_jetboa2b.jpg) |
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. |
![The smaller jetboat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-wrangell_jetboa1.jpg) |
![Lee and Karen Duquette on the small jetboat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-wrangell_jetboat1b.jpg) |
Below: Karen Duquette photographing
the other boat while they photographed her. |
|
Below: Because it was a small
boat and a small amount of passengers, Lee Duquette got to drive the
boat for awhile. |
![Lee Duquette driving the boat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280037.JPG) |
![Lee Duquette driving the boat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280037a.jpg) |
Then, of course, Karen Duquette
also had her turn driving the boat. |
![The Captain relaxing](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/driver.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette driving the boat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-boat-karendrivea.jpg) |
Below: The
scenic riverbanks through Cottonwood Slough and Andrews Creek and some
houseboats. |
![houseboat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280002.jpg) |
![houseboat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/houseboat4.jpg) |
![houseboat and fisherman](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280015.jpg) |
![moving houseboat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/houseboat.jpg) |
![moving houseboat](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/houseboat2.jpg) |
![houseboats on The Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280021.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/Lee-ready.jpg) |
Below: The tall stately
Sitka Spruce is Alaska's state tree |
![scenery](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280004.jpg) |
![Sitka Spruce Tree](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280005.jpg) |
![The Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280008.jpg) |
![The Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280003.JPG) |
![Karen Duquette and Cindi](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-boat-karen-cindy2.jpg) |
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. |
![snow crested mountain](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280022.JPG) |
![snow crested mountain](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280033.jpg) |
![snow crested mountain](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280034.jpg) |
![snow crested mountain](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/pano.jpg) |
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. |
![Iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/IMG.jpg) |
![Iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280023.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette photographing an iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280024.JPG) |
![Iceberg on the Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280025.JPG) |
![Iceberg on the Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280027.JPG) |
![Iceberg on the Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280026.JPG) |
![Iceberg on the Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280032.JPG) |
![Karen Duquette and an iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/karen-iceberg.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette and an iceburg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/Lee-iceburg.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette and an Iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/karen-iceberg2.jpg) |
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. |
![Karen and Lee Duquette touch a big iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05-28-wrangell_jetboa3.jpg) |
![Karen Duquette and the iceberg](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05280029.JPG) |
Below: Karen and Lee Duquette
picked up some ice chunks off the iceberg. |
![Karen Duquette](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05280031.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/2004-05280030a.jpg) |
Below: "I see
you" said Lee Duquette as he peeked through a hole in the
chunk of ice. |
![Lee Duquette being a clown](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/Lee.jpg) |
Below: Striking waterfalls
along the Stikine River |
![Striking waterfalls along the Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280016.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette photographing a waterfall](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280017.JPG) |
![Striking waterfalls along the Stikine River](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280018.jpg) |
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. |
![Shakes Slough](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280019.JPG) |
![Shakes Slough](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/05280014.jpg) |
Below: Karen and Lee Duquette
climbed up the ladder for a peek in the above loft. |
![Karen Duquette on the ladder](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/ladder-karen.jpg) |
![Lee Duquette on the ladder](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/ladder-Lee.jpg) |
Below: The Boat captain
and his 5 passengers |
![The Boat captain and the 5 passengers](2004-06 - Alaska cruise/5-28-wrangell/Stikine-River-jetboat/the-gang.jpg) |