By dtam on Skatehive
One of my favorite photos from the trip. Three horned puffins, all in different phases of taking off from the rocky ledge. Sanak Island. Taken from a kayak. The great thing about expedition cruising, and one of the things that makes it so different than normal cruising, is that you can change your itinerary to explore new places and take advantage of opportunities as they present themselves. We have been running this Aleutian Islands itinerary up here in the wilds of Alaska all summer, and each trip we try to discover new places. The trip takes us from Dutch Harbor in the Aluetians, all the way to Seward, Alaska over the course of 10 days. Usually we get to explore two different islands in the Aleutian chain, before heading east towards the outer bays of the Alaskan peninsula, Katmai, and Kodiak. However, this trip I wanted to delve deeper into the Aleutian Islands, so my plan, weather dependent, was to explore five different Aleutian Islands. It was bold...but we made it happen! After