We're Going to Alaska!!!

Bears, and Whales, and Eagles, OH MY!!!  

On July 26, 2009 our small group will board ship in Seattle for a week long cruise through Alaska's Inside Passage with our Executive Director, Walter Crawford, Jr.  Here's the best part--you don't have to be affiliated with The World Bird Sanctuary in any way to come along!!  

The trip is being sponsored by The World Bird Sanctuary, and Walter and several of us who are affiliated with the Sanctuary will be on the trip.  However, anyone who is interested is invited to come cruise with  us.  All you need is a sense of adventure and the desire to explore this amazing area!!  

On July 26 we will leave Seattle's Puget Sound aboard Holland America's ms Westerdam.  As we sail past Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Islands on our way to Glacier Bay National Park, we can spend this first day at sea enjoying the luxurious amenities of our ship, or watching for marine wildlife from one of the many observation decks.  Hopefully, we will sight whales and other marine wildlife along the way.  

Once we reach Glacier Bay, we will spend an entire day cruising this spellbinding area, seeing the glaciers up close, viewing the marine wildlife and land mammals for which this world renowned National Park is famous, and taking in the incredible scenery.  There are no roads to Glacier Bay; you can reach the park only by air and water.  Wildlife viewing possibilities include humpback, Menke, and Killer whales; Dall's porpoises; Stellar sea lions; harbor seals; Puffins; sea otters; black bears; brown bears; moose; wolves; coyotes; marmots; bald eagles; plus a large variety of seabirds, songbirds, terns and jaegers.  For more information and photos of Glacier Bay go to the National Park Service website .

After spending the entire day cruising Glacier Bay, we will then proceed to Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan where we will have the opportunity each day to explore these interesting and historic Alaskan cities on our own, or with land tour groups of our choice.  

On Saturday we will cruise scenic Vancouver Island, making port in Victoria, British Columbia.  There we will have the opportunity to explore this beautiful Canadian city's nightlife.

On Sunday morning, August 2, we debark ship in Seattle in time to catch our return flights for home.

For more information call 314-968-9600, Ext. 251 (Melissa Garrison) or 800-794-9271.  Tell her you are interested in the World Bird Sanctuary cruise to Alaska with Walter Crawford.