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A pod of Orca on our way to Adak A pod of 15-20 swam across our bow and stern.....amazing!! IMG_0391 IMG_0393 Beautiful Orca whale!!! IMG_0397 Our first view of Adak Island.....some low clouds obscuring the mountains!!! 20180618_104347 That's a Humpback whale and albatross.....amazing beauty!! Laysan Albatross IMG_0434 We made it back into the Western hemisphere after 5 years in the East!!!!! Ah....the clouds are lifting and the sun is coming out!! 20180619_121752 Adak description: “It’s this treeless, windswept landscape of rolling green hills and abrupt cliffs, the Bering Sea to the north and the Pacific to the south,” Rounding the corner and coming into the harbor Mt Sitkin Volcano.....5700'.....some say it could erupt soon!! Beautiful views from Mystic of the snow capped mountains on Adak IMG_5370 Spruce tied up to the wall in Sweepers Cove along with some fisherman Mystic tied up to the wall in Sweepers Cove.....the boat in front did not fair too well!! Hmmmm.....some serious people here......John, Kathy and Sue Oh.....that was Andy describing the latest rough passage and the unpredictable weather!! Lupine wild flowers in bloom IMG_0471 20180620_104733 Many views of the abandoned military base on Adak IMG_5374 The military base was constructed during WWII and then used as a base during the cold war.....shutdown and abandoned in the 1990's IMG_5377 IMG_0467 Mark eating a ginormous pancake at Bluebird Cafe Fish processing plant just finishing a shift The old high school.....used as a school for 16 kids and other government offices now Our first views of some huge Bald Eagles IMG_5384 IMG_5385 IMG_5386 IMG_5388 IMG_5389 Kathy and John looking out over Kurluk Bay 20180620_131857 IMG_0480 An old submarine pit in Fingers Bay.....during WWII there was a submarine base here! IMG_0485 Some of the submarine net used to protect the Bay IMG_0487 IMG_5399 IMG_5401 Mystic tied at the wall in Sweepers Cove Adak Island!! IMG_0490 View of Sweepers Cove and the abandoned military base! IMG_0494 IMG_0495 Those are old foundations/pits for various buildings IMG_5406 IMG_5407 One of the many ammunition bunkers IMG_5409 IMG_5410 A hut for 2-4 soldiers to live in Part of the compound still being constructed in the 1990's before abandoned IMG_0497 Recreational complex.....there is a whole city complex built underground A movie theater Swimming pool......all underground!! IMG_5416 Maybe yes, maybe no.....where the nukes were stored!! Guarding something??? IMG_5426 Really.....no kidding.....these were planted maybe 20 years ago.....but still surviving!! IMG_0508 IMG_0509 IMG_0510 John, Mark, and Kathy A pet Cemetery IMG_5432 IMG_5433 Mark, John and our guide Justin.....contracted with the Navy for ordinance cleanup Mark and John walking in the dense tundra That is sv Dione coming in from Japan!!! IMG_0516 John having a good time looking at the views!! An inlet where otters and sea lions gather.....hmm, not today:((( 20180620_154004 20180620_154009 That's Glen and Sue on sv Dione and Justin celebrating with wine and pizza on Mystic

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