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Destinations

Remark
Browning Pass, Transpac, Alaska.

Trip Commentary:
Vancouver to Juneau (northbound) Itinerary: Day 1 Early afternoon from Vancouver. Late afternoon warmup dive among the giant cloud sponges at Lasqueti Island. Overnight steam to Port Hardy. Day 2 - 3 Wake up this morning ready to dive world famous Port Hardy and Browning Wall. We may also visit the Deserter Islands, Dillon Rock and maybe even Seymour Inlet! Amazing invertebrate life. Wolf eels and octopus. Rated by Rodale's magazine as the best diving in North America three years in a row! Day 4 Morning stop at the abandoned cannery town of Butedale and the chance to dive the wreck of the Transpac (with it's spectacular orientation). We will also be bear watching and keeping our eyes peeled for both black and grizzly bears. This area is also home to the very rare and seldom sighted Kermode Bear. Day 5 Our adventure continues with a morning arrival at the Alaskan town of Ketchikan to clear Customs and stretch our legs. Later in the afternoon we will visit small community of Meyers Chuck where the diving "rocks" and there is a neat artists' cooperative on shore to visit as well. Day 6-7 Wooden Island!! This is arguably the best dive in North America (although it can be weather dependent). There will be lots of opportunities to go diving today as well as doing some whale watching, shore hike and maybe even an evening bonfire. The humpback whale behaviour in this area is usually quite awesome. Day 8 Today is another great day with a stop at the stellar sea lion colony at Yasha Island (and the chance to get way up close with either our kayaks or your scuba diving gear). More grizzly bear watching. And a soak in the Baranoff Hot-springs. Day 9 Wake up among the icebergs, waterfalls and glaciers of spectacular Tracy Arm. Enroute, the crew will be keeping an eye out for a snorkel/dive/kayak opportunity around a suitable iceberg. Visiting Tracy Arm is an amazing experience and something that you will likely not forget for a long time. Later in the afternoon we are planning on a hike up a salmon stream and keeping our fingers crossed for a closeup visit with "brownies" (which is what Alaskans call grizzly bears). Day 10 Dive sites will likely include the wrecks of the Princess Sophia and the Princess Kathleen in Lynn Canal. The Sophia is known as the worst tragedy in the North Pacific (all 360 persons onboard lost their lives). The Kathleen is an intact passenger liner laying on her side between 30 fsw and 120 fsw. Evening arrival in Juneau (Auke Bay). Day 11. Morning disembarkation for either a connecting flight home or a shoreside stay in Juneau (which is a neat and interesting place to spend an extra day or two). Shore options include a visit to the Mendenhall Glacier, taking the local tram up to the alpine meadows, a heliseeing flight or cultural First Nations presentation (and rafting trip?) by the local Tlingit.