Discover Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage

TRACY ARM & ENDICOTT ARM

THUNDERING GLACIERS WILDERNESS AREA
Nature will dictate our route here, as we explore one of these spectacular fjords. Both are deep, narrow, and host to distinct marine environments. We’ll explore with experts via Zodiac or kayak.

WATERFALL COAST (GUT BAY)
- EXPEDITION ADVENTURE

Today’s challenge is trying to keep track of the number of waterfalls we’ll encounter as we glide along Baranof Island’s beautiful eastern coast, the little known “waterfall coast”. Exploration is the order of the day, and you choose your point of view — from any of Ocean Victory’s observation perspectives, or right at water level by kayak or Zodiac.

MISTY FJORDS

The soaring granite cliffs that greet us this morning are 50 to 70 million years old. Ancient glaciers scrubbed deep troughs through this wilderness, leaving a scenic geological wonder. New Eddystone Rock is a remnant of long-ago volcanic activity that left the iconic basalt pillar as a testament to the power of this place. Humpback whales, orcas, sea lions, bears, wolves, moose, and hundreds of species of sea and shorebirds await as we spend most of today exploring the shoreline with our marine biologists from Cal Poly.