Alaska: Seward's Triumph

It's larger than California, Montana and Texas combined. It is home to the 16 tallest mountains in the U.S. Straddling the 180th meridian, it is both the westernmost and easternmost state. It's 425 times the size of the smallest state, Rhode Island, with roughly the same population.   Critics called it "Seward's Folly" when Secretary of State Wm. H. Seward purchased it from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867, but it ranks (along with Manhattan and the Louisiana territory) among the United States' best real estate bargains in history.   This was my second cruise to Southeast Alaska. Still, I've barely scratched the surface – the coast from Ketchikan up to Yakutat Bay. To The east, and north, and west, lies a vast land full of many worlds. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of just one or two of those worlds. Thanks for looking!   Update: as of 1/9/09 I'm finally starting to add the rest of the photos to this gallery. For the time being I'll keep new photos at the top.

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it's delicious	Mendenhall	closer to the sky
Serenade of the Seas	High School Math Problem	Veendam at Vancouver
Veendam	Veendam	Serenade of the Seas
Serenade of the Seas	Serenade of the Seas	Last Quiet Moment
Port of Vancouver	Vancouver Skyline	Vancouver Skyline
Vancouver Skyline	Serenade Under Way	Vancouver Skyline -- B&W
Vancouver Skyline	Lion's Gate Bridge	Lion's Gate Bridge
Clearing the Lion's Gate Bridge	Clearing the Lion's Gate Bridge	Goodbye, Vancouver
Nearing Hubbard Glacier	Yakutat Bay	Yakutat Bay
Disenchantment Bay	Disenchantment Bay	Disenchantment Bay
Hubbard Glacier	Disenchantment Bay	Turner (L), Haenke and Hubbard Glaciers
Disenchantment Bay	The Only Way to Fly	Disenchantment Bay
Disenchantment Bay	Disenchantment Bay	Disenchantment Bay
Disenchantment Bay	Disenchantment Bay	Someone Has To Do It
Atrium, Serenade of the Seas	Atrium, Serenade of the Seas	Rijndam at Haines
Glacier-Seein' Boats	Silt Storm, Davidson Glacier	Davidson Glacier
Davidson Glacier	Davidson Glacier	Land of the 10pm Sun
Juneau, Morning	Boat Deck, Serenade of the Seas	Any Landing You Can Walk Away From...
Runway 1, Juneau	Looks Like I'm Going...	Mendenhall Glacier
En Route to Mendenhall	En Route to Mendenhall	Follow the Leader
Mendenhall Glacier	Glacier Camp -- and Airfield	Nice Office
Glacier Stream	Glacier Blue	Liquid Sky
Down the Face of the Glacier	Rainforest? Yes. Tropical? Nope.	Letting it Burn
Serenade of the Seas	Atrium, Serenade of the Seas	Thomas Basin, Ketchikan
Ketchikan Reflection	Creek Street, Ketchikan	Ketchikan Creek
Mill Street and Main, Ketchikan	Tongass Narrows Airstrip	Serenade at Ketchikan
Tongass Narrows	Amsterdam at Ketchikan	One Intrepid Passenger
Statendam Tying Up	Departing Ketchikan	Misty Fjords
Misty Fjords	Misty Fjords	The Underwater Forest
Parallels	Misty Fjords	Misty Fjords
Misty Fjords	Misty Fjords	Misty Fjords
Carved	Dall's Porpoises	Splash
Wake	Inside Passage	Inside Passage
Inside Passage	Inside Passage	Shades of Gray-Green
Cloudburst	Light	Inside Passage
Lifeline	Inside Passage	Last Dinner, Serenade of the Seas
Last Night Out

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