• Aialik Glacier looms in the distance on a calm day.
  • The coastline and scenery near Kayakers Cove and Fox Island are dramatic, cliffy, and beautiful.
  • A harbor seal swims by the kayaks, while gulls fly overhead.
  • We choose incredibly scenic campsites, and from many of them you can hear glacial rumbling all night long!
  • Waterfalls cascade over the cliffs of Abra Cove, and paddlers approach Holgate Glacier on a beautiful spring day.
  • A curious harbor seal swims by to check out the kayakers!
  • It's always exhilarating to see an orca break the water's surface on a calm day.
  • It's not all glaciers and whales around here... sometimes the smaller sights are just as impressive!
  • Calm waters and cascading waterfalls make for beautiful paddling in Northwestern.
  • On the right day, a dip in the frigid waters of the fjords might be just what you need!
  • Aialik Bay is stunning on a calm and cloudless day.
  • The best way to view black bears in the fjords is from the seat of your kayak!
  • Northwestern Glacier retreats up the cliff face, and bladderwrack seaweed covers the rocks.
  • Kayakers navigate around icebergs in upper Pederson Lagoon.
  • A Dall's porpoise rides the bow wake of the water taxi, and a kayaker paddles through a sea of glacier ice.
  • Dall's porpoise ride the bow wake of the water taxi, and a paddler approaches Holgate Glacier on a cloudless day.
  • There's something to see around every corner.
  • Sea otters are a common sight here, and it's great to watch them forage, eat, and play!
  • Steller sea lions haul out on the rocks on the way to Aialik Bay.
  • The back of a humpback whale glistens on a sunny day.
  • Great friendships develop through the teamwork and time shared on multi-day trips.
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Some Good Books

We know that it's always nice to read a couple books about the area you'll be visiting - so we've listed a few of our favorites here for you.  Hope you'll enjoy them!


Where the Sea Breaks it's Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska, by Corey Ford and Lois Darling

Brittle Stars & Mudbugs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Shorlines & Wetlands, by Patricia K. Lichen

The Thousand Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians, by Brian Garfield

The Quiet World, by Douglas Brinkley

Coming Into the Country, by John McPhee

The Complete Guide to Kenai Fjords National Park, by Jim Pfeiffenberger

Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People, by Aron Crowell

The Birder's Handbook, by Paul R. Ehrlich, David S. Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye

Alaska's History:  The people, land, and events of the North Country, by Harry Ritter

Looking for Alaska, by Peter Jenkins

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