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Postcards from the Transition

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Tag: Allen Marine Tours

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Resurrection in the Food Web

April 15, 2017 Rich McClear

I often wonder if people in the Southern Hemisphere view Easter differently than we north of the line.  Easter is so tied into rebirth, renewal and resurrection.  It comes naturally in the springtime.  If the days were getting shorter, leaves … Continue reading Resurrection in the Food Web

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Surrounded by Acres of Whales

August 20, 2015January 18, 2016 Rich McClear

Saturday we took an Allen Marine Tour from Crescent Harbor.  They are offered every Saturday for folks not on a cruise ship.  We went to St. Lazaria with Captain Steve Campbell.  On the way to and from St. Lazaria Steve found us … Continue reading Surrounded by Acres of Whales

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St Lazaria and Other Delights.

August 20, 2015January 19, 2016 Rich McClear

On Saturday’s Allen Marine Tours Cruise we not only saw whales (Click here to see whales.)  The reason for the trip was to go to St. Lazaria Island, a national wildlife refuge.  It is a beautiful volcanic island sculpted by … Continue reading St Lazaria and Other Delights.

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A Sitka Summer Day (June 23, 2015)

June 29, 2015January 20, 2016 Rich McClear

June 23, 2015 was a beautiful Sitka summer day.  We walked the docks, went on the Sitka Conservation Society Salmon cruise watching different salmon hunters, including an eagle sitting on a branch that hardly looked like it could hold her.  … Continue reading A Sitka Summer Day (June 23, 2015)

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St Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge, Sitka, Alaska, August 1997

August 23, 2013August 23, 2015 Rich McClear

St. Lazaria is a volcanic island off of Cape Edgecumbe.  Mt. Edgecumbe forms the backdrop for this island.  Some historians day the island is the top of Edgecumbe when it exploded several thousand years ago.   The island is now … Continue reading St Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge, Sitka, Alaska, August 1997

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