Alaska's Inside Passage —
Day 6: Frederick Sound & Petersburg
Sunrise: 0418 Sunset: 2136 Low tide: 0707 -2.8 ft. High tide: 1321 14.0 ft. Low tide: 1905 3.3 ft.
Friday, July 13, 2007
While spending the entire morning aboard the Sea Lion, cruising in western Frederick Sound, our Marine Biologist/Naturalist gives a presentation about Water Birds and Wannabes.
After lunch we arrive in the small fishing community of Petersburg, also known as Alaska's Little Norway. Petersburg was founded more than 100 years ago by Norwegian anglers and named after Peter Buschmann, a Norwegian immigrant who arrived in the late 1890s and homesteaded on the north end of the island. Peter Buschmann built a cannery, sawmill and a dock between 1890 and 1900. His family's homesteads grew into Petersburg, which was populated largely by people of Scandinavian origin. The cannery has operated continuously since its completion. Petersburg is now one of Alaska's major fishing communities.
Highlight of the day: Flight seeing above the glacier
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Arriving in Petersburg. Petersburg does not allow every ship to anchor. Especially the huge cruise ships are banned.
After arriving in Petersburg, we were able to come and go as we please. We stepped of the boat to look around and spent most time in a beautiful book store.
That's us in full Alaska gear.
Petersburg Creek “Bog walk” to a lovely muskeg on Kupreanof Island during the afternoon.
The flower of the State of Alaska: The Forget-me-not.
A very tasty Salmonberry.
Cottongrass
We never thought that we would board a six-passenger plane, but we did...
In the evening, we enjoyed another presentation, this time by researchers of the Alaska Whale Foundation.
Did you know?
Alaska's state flower is the forget-me-not, the state bird is the ptarmigan, the state tree is the Sitka spruce and the state fish is the King salmon.