When the guests aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird awoke this morning, they found themselves at the entrance to LeConte Bay. The LeConte Glacier is the southernmost tidewater glacier in the northern hemisphere. LeConte Glacier was named after a geologist Joseph Leconte. As the ship cruised closer to the glacier, it became surrounded by pretty blue icebergs that had recently calved off. Guests were able to witness all the different colors of light reflecting through the ice, and were able to take some amazing photos. As the ship positioned itself in the face of the LeConte Glacier, off in the distance you could see napping harbor seals floating on top of chunks of ice.
Later in the afternoon, the ship arrived in Petersburg, a picturesque community on Mitkof Island. The town of Petersburg has a Norwegian Heritage, settled by Peter Buschmann. Petersburg has abundant fisheries, and processes a number of seafood each year. Upon arrival, guests had several options to choose how they would go about their exploration of the town of Petersburg. There was a wonderful choice of seeing an aerial view of Petersburg by floatplane. Muskeg or bog walks and aerobic hikes were offered on Kuperenof Island. Fishing boats dock, and photography walks were offered and led by a Naturalist. Guest also had the option to explore Petersburg on their own, by walking around town or by bike using maps that were provided.
As we waved goodbye, and continued on way, guests sat down to a glorious Dungeness crab feast, bought locally from Petersburg.
