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PETERSBURG, Alaska—Once-in-a-lifetime photographs are only a flash away for professional and amateur photographers alike on Alaska Sea Adventures' nature photography expeditions. Stunning landscape shots and exciting wildlife photos fill every moment of these week-long cruises, organized especially for photographers eager to capture each visual memory that Alaska offers.

Depending on your photographic interests, crew members guide you to the perfect spot to capture images you've only dreamed of. If it's animals that fascinate you, the crew follows safe and ethical wildlife viewing guidelines to place you just close enough to enjoy the moment—and freeze it on film. Most participants are especially thrilled with the rare opportunity to view Alaska's great whales. Last year, the group enjoying this cruise were mesmerized by humpback and orca whales almost every day of the cruise! And if your interests lean more toward flora and fauna, experts help you locate and photograph anything from a fresh wildflower in bloom to a 300-year-old Sitka Spruce.

Whether you're a beginner or expert photographer, you can appreciate the unique challenges that Alaska presents those toting cameras. That's why each nature photography expedition is led by a professional nature photographer with impressive experience cruising and shooting the Inside Passage. You'll enjoy instant, on-the-spot advice on how to make the most of both your equipment and your abilities. As you cruise bays and fjords, you'll learn how to use light to your best advantage. You'll preserve spectacular sunsets, create surreal images using the beautiful blue light reflected by glacier ice, and take home some of the best photographs of your career.

But photography isn't the sole focus of the adventure. As you measure light and change F stops, experienced crew members will fill you in on the geology, glaciology, and natural history of the animal and plant life of the area, making the world around you come alive. You may walk around a grounded iceberg, a glacier or hike through rain forest trees cloaked in moss. Perhaps you'll explore the tiny world held captive in tide pools, watch waterfalls tumble down steep mountains, or visit a native village. Wildlife opportunities abound as well, and you'll most likely spend time with humpback whales, sea lions, eagles, porpoises, orca, and bears—both brown and black, if you're lucky. Alaska Sea Adventures' nature photography expeditions are aboard the 60-foot Alaska Adventurer or 65-foot Midnight Sun, featuring four guest cabins and an abundance of personal attention from an experienced, friendly, and enthusiastic crew. Four natural photography expeditions are scheduled for summer 2004.

If you're looking for even more from an Alaska cruise, Alaska Sea Adventures also offers customized guided or unguided cruises through this awesome wilderness area. That means that the cruise of your dreams can actually be a reality!

For more information about Alaska Sea Adventures' memorable nature photography expeditions, as well as other exciting Alaska cruise opportunities, call 1-888-772-8588 or visit www.yachtalaska.com.

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