Daily Expedition Reports
03 Nov 1999

From the Sea Bird on the Columbia & Snake Rivers , 11/3/1999, National Geographic Sea Bird

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird
Galápagos

The Sea Bird is 153 feet long and 33 feet wide. Her dimensions are dwarfed by the cavernous lock chamber at McNary Dam on the Columbia River, which measures 675 feet by 86 feet. The vertical lift is nearly one hundred feet and moves the Sea Bird upstream from Lake Umatilla to Lake Walulla.

The whole procedure takes about 20 minutes, uses no pumps and there is no charge for the transit.

Article by

Steve Gould, Naturalist

Steve grew up near the water and spent his time clambering in and out of small boats. Even in his earliest memories Steve has felt more at home on the water than on land, and much of his youth was occupied with sailing, swimming, and learning more ab...

From the Sea Bird on the Columbia & Snake Rivers

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From the Sea Bird on the Columbia & Snake Rivers , 11/3/1999, National Geographic Sea Bird

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