Gastineau Guiding Captain Annette Smith recently captured this heart-wrenching photo of an injured Steller sea lion at Little Island in Favorite Channel just north of Juneau. “I called NOAA and reported it,” Annette said. ” Don’t know what, if anything they did, or
Visitors must be patient if they want to see wildlife in Juneau in the summer. On multi-ship days, with thousands of people in town, most wildlife high-tail deep into the forests or high up the mountain of the Tongass National Forest. That said, in July, one is
The chum and coho salmon are arriving at Salmon Creek and the spawning and feeding frenzy has the usually placid creek boiling and roiling as the salmon navigate the shallows. As noted in the Juneau Empire, “their dorsal fins cutting the surface like those of tiny sharks.” Yes,
Juneau is the second busiest cruise ship port behind Miami. More than 530 boats and about million cruise ship guests are expected to visit Juneau this year.* On a multi-ship day, it is going to be difficult to find the serenity
For a city of only about 32,000 residents, Juneau, Aklaska offers too many things to go, see, do during the average cruise ship stop of 6 to 10 hours. Although Juneau was founded in the 1880s with the discovery of gold, gold