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Auke Bay to Glacier Bay with Bears Fighting

Point Retreat Lighthouse at the north end of Admiralty Island IMG_2971 IMG_2979 Humpback whale as we entered Funter Bay IMG_2984 IMG_2985 IMG_2988 We have a Brown bear!! Gorgeous double rainbow....wow!!! IMG_2999 IMG_3001 IMG_3002 We thought the pot of gold was right on us!!! Cruise ship terminal at Hoonah!! IMG_3006 Views of Hoonah Inlet/Port Frederick...yep, dark and rainy!! IMG_3010 IMG_3014 Hoonah IMG_3023 Brown Bear at Bells Island in Port Frederick IMG_3029 IMG_3031 Views from our anchorage at Bells Island the next morning Love the reflections IMG_3038 Cruise ships in Hoonah as we leave IMG_3051 Otter resting in the kelp!! IMG_3062 IMG_3063 IMG_3067 Otter snoozing outside Mystic one morning in Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay IMG_3072 IMG_3076-2 Views of Glacier Bay from our anchorage in South Sandy Cove Lots of snow still left on May 18, 2022 IMG_3086 IMG_3089 IMG_3090 IMG_3091 IMG_3094 IMG_3097 IMG_3101 IMG_3104 Good morning Mr Otter!! Views of Glacier Bay going north.......look at all that snow!! IMG_3117 IMG_3118 Some of the Fairweather Coastal mountains!! IMG_3121 Can you see the mountain goats? Now you can barely see them!! IMG_3132-2 IMG_3129-2 IMG_3128 IMG_3135 IMG_3138-2 IMG_3140 IMG_3142 IMG_3143-2 IMG_3159-2 IMG_3171 IMG_3173 IMG_3176 IMG_3179 More Mountain Goats IMG_3185 IMG_3189 IMG_3192-3 IMG_3199 IMG_3201 Mountain goat butt:)) IMG_3211-2 Ah, a good face shot!!! IMG_3231-2 IMG_3240 IMG_3244 IMG_3257 IMG_3264 In all, we saw >20 mountain goats!!! More views of the mountains in Glacier Bay heading north into West Arm IMG_3283 IMG_3288 IMG_3290 IMG_3291 IMG_3293 Iceberg floating by our anchorage off Russell Island IMG_3298 Views from our anchorage off Russel Island IMG_3301 IMG_3303 IMG_3304 IMG_3307 IMG_3312 IMG_3314 IMG_3315 IMG_3317 IMG_3318 IMG_3320 We have a female Brown Bear...we called her Blondie IMG_3326-2 IMG_3329 Blondie senses Brownie, a big male coming to court!! Whoa, ducks in the picture as well IMG_3342 IMG_3343 IMG_3344 IMG_3349 IMG_3352 That's Brownie, a huge male Brown Bear IMG_3357 IMG_3358 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!!! IMG_3374 IMG_2996 IMG_3383 IMG_3383-2 Brownie on the right, Thunder on the left IMG_3395-2 Oh boys get over it, I'm waiting!!!! IMG_3412 IMG_3412-2 IMG_3417 IMG_3418 IMG_3423-2 IMG_3426 IMG_3429 IMG_3435 IMG_3446-2 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 IMG_3476 IMG_3483 IMG_3486 Brownie Thunder IMG_3494 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 IMG_3504-2 The next morning Thunder and Blondie emerge from the forest to  eat along the shoreline!! IMG_3513 The happy couple!! IMG_3523 Eagle in the tree!! This is glacier day.....starting from Russell Island ~9:30am!! IMG_3529 IMG_3531 IMG_3533 IMG_3537 IMG_3539 Mount Salisbury in John Hopkins Inlet, >10k' IMG_3544 IMG_3547 IMG_3546 IMG_3550 IMG_3556 IMG_3557 IMG_3559 Yep, we have a huge visitor...will be in several pictures...ugh!! Marjerie Glacier IMG_3568 IMG_3570 IMG_3572 IMG_3575 IMG_3577 IMG_3581 IMG_3580 IMG_3582 IMG_3583 IMG_3586 IMG_3588 IMG_3590 IMG_3591 IMG_3593 IMG_3594 IMG_3595 IMG_3597 Grand Pacific Glacier moraine as the glacier has receded up the valley IMG_3599 IMG_3600 IMG_3603 IMG_3604 IMG_3606 IMG_3607 IMG_3608 IMG_3610 IMG_3614 IMG_3622 IMG_3627 IMG_3629 IMG_3631 IMG_3635 IMG_3636 IMG_3638 IMG_3640 Just caught the tail end of a small calving!! IMG_3643 IMG_3645 IMG_3649 IMG_3652 IMG_3654 The start of a large calving!! IMG_3660 IMG_3664 IMG_3669 IMG_3670 Wow......look at that!!!! IMG_3672 IMG_3673 IMG_3674 IMG_3675 IMG_3676 IMG_3679 IMG_3680 IMG_3682 IMG_3683 IMG_3684 IMG_3686 IMG_3688 IMG_3689 IMG_3692 All over....maybe 2 minutes!! Margerie glacier with Mt Lituya in background IMG_3698 IMG_3700 IMG_3701 IMG_3702 IMG_3703 IMG_3704 IMG_3707 IMG_3708 IMG_3710 IMG_3711 IMG_3713 IMG_3714 IMG_3717 IMG_3720 IMG_3725 IMG_3735 IMG_3738 IMG_3746 That's looking south into the anchorage at Russell Island IMG_3757 Looking into John Hopkins Inlet

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