Alaska Seas

​This year we took three trips on the Alaska Marine Ferry System and got a first-hand look at the waters where so many Alaskans make their livings on fishing ships.
 
From Bellingham, Washington, we spent three nights and four days in early May sailing past Vancouver than through the Inside Passage to Ketchican, Juneau and Haines.   
 
In July we sailed seven hours from Whittier, Alaska, across Prince William Sound to Cordova, which is not reachable by road.
 
Finally, on our departure from Alaska we took a short ferry ride from Haines to Skagway on the state’s eastern edge.
 
Below are some of the views we encountered in the waters off Alaska.

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Morning on the Inside Passage from the deck of the Kennicott ferry.

Ketchican, in southeast Alaska, is a busy port for cruise ships.

A view across Cook Inlet from Ninilchik on the Kenai Peninsula. The Alaska range is in the distance.

A hazy Prince William Sound from the Aurora ferry to Cordova.

Prince William Sound, near Cordova.

Coming into the port town of Cordova.

Cordova marina at sunset.

Sunrise over Resurrection Bay from the rocky beach leading to Caine's Head.

Early morning as we walked five miles to Caine's Head.

View from atop Caine's Head looking down to Resurrection Bay.

The ferry arriving in Haines, Alaska.

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