Killer Whales

Alaska - Valdez,Seward and Homer

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August 15th 2008
Following on from the Alaska Interior we can categorically state that the weather has got no better. It has been raining pretty much constantly since we got here. Valdez was enshrouded in clouds and therefore the spectacular scenery of snowcapped mountains was not seen. From here we took a ferry on the marine highway to Whittier which again was on a rainy day with no views. Bugger!!. We did howev ... read more

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