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Auke Bay to Glacier Bay with Bears Fighting

Point Retreat Lighthouse at the north end of Admiralty Island

Humpback whale as we entered Funter Bay

We have a Brown bear!!

Gorgeous double rainbow....wow!!!

We thought the pot of gold was right on us!!!

Cruise ship terminal at Hoonah!!

Views of Hoonah Inlet/Port Frederick...yep, dark and rainy!!

Hoonah

Brown Bear at Bells Island in Port Frederick

Views from our anchorage at Bells Island the next morning

Love the reflections

Cruise ships in Hoonah as we leave

Otter resting in the kelp!!

Otter snoozing outside Mystic one morning in Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay

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Views of Glacier Bay from our anchorage in South Sandy Cove

Lots of snow still left on May 18, 2022

Good morning Mr Otter!!

Views of Glacier Bay going north.......look at all that snow!!

Some of the Fairweather Coastal mountains!!

Can you see the mountain goats?

Now you can barely see them!!

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More Mountain Goats

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Mountain goat butt:))

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Ah, a good face shot!!!

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In all, we saw >20 mountain goats!!!

More views of the mountains in Glacier Bay heading north into West Arm

Iceberg floating by our anchorage off Russell Island

Views from our anchorage off Russel Island

We have a female Brown Bear...we called her Blondie

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Blondie senses Brownie, a big male coming to court!!

Whoa, ducks in the picture as well

That's Brownie, a huge male Brown Bear

That is Thunder Thighs, another huge male; his thighs were so big they shook when he walked; hmmm, two males, one female...what could possibly happen??

Yep, boys will be boys....we watch for a good hour plus these two duke it out!!!

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Brownie on the right, Thunder on the left

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Oh boys get over it, I'm waiting!!!!

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OK...I'm leaving!!!

In the water continuing to fight over Blondie!!

It's now been over 5 minutes

Brownie will start to chase Thunder for over an hour in the water. They swim almost across the channel, ~1-mile

Meanwhile Blondie patiently eats some more grass...it has now been over an hour

That's Thunder coming back from across the 1-mile channel

That's Brownie coming back.....hmmm, who won???

Brownie on the left, Thunder on the right

Thunder

Brownie

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Brownie

Thunder moving rather slow!! But, he was the WINNER!!!! He soon followed Blondie into the forest

After a 10 minute rest laying down, Brownie is up and eating

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The next morning Thunder and Blondie emerge from the forest to eat along the shoreline!!

The happy couple!!

Eagle in the tree!!

This is glacier day.....starting from Russell Island ~9:30am!!

Mount Salisbury in John Hopkins Inlet, >10k'

Yep, we have a huge visitor...will be in several pictures...ugh!!

Marjerie Glacier

Grand Pacific Glacier moraine as the glacier has receded up the valley

Just caught the tail end of a small calving!!

The start of a large calving!!

Wow......look at that!!!!

All over....maybe 2 minutes!!

Margerie glacier with Mt Lituya in background

That's looking south into the anchorage at Russell Island

Looking into John Hopkins Inlet

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