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A Photographer’s Dream!
Access to Southeast Alaska’s Most Scenic Locations and
Amazing Wildlife is Only Available by
Overnight Yacht Voyages on the Alaska Adventurer!

Articles in this issue: Introduction Letter from Captain Dennis A Photographer's Dream! Spring Extravaganza - Trilogy of Spring Trips 2008 Available Dates ASA Marine Debris Clean-up Featured Petersburg Lodging Recipe - Black Cod Sake Kasu A very nice printable version of this newsletter that can be read in entirety or saved for reference is available here: FallASANewsletter2007.pdf (1.4MB)

This is the specialty of Alaska Sea Adventures!

For 2008, we will offer five unique photography adventures on eight exciting trips. We’ll start out 2008 with a Trilogy of Spring Trips highlighting the once-a-year only Spring Extravaganza.

Our first two trips in early April on the Stikine River will have a focal point of the largest spring gathering of Bald eagles. Kevin Loughlin with Wildside Tours leads this exciting unusual adventure. Kevin will also lead the 3rd and 4th photography trips during the last week of April and first week of May to Hoonah Sound and Seymour Canal, respectively. These adventures will feature photo ops in spectacular settings where marine wildlife will be celebrating a spring extravaganza of herring predation of an unbelievable magnitude.

You’ll witness and photograph the drama of humpback whales performing the extraordinary cooperative “bubble-net” feeding behavior unique to the whales of this area, seals and sea lions rushing magnificent schools of herring along the shoreline, sea otters, bald eagles, and a host of seabirds all in the incredible seasonal performance of predator seeking prey.

One can travel the world over in search of the most scenic locations and exotic wildlife events. But if you are a photographer, you owe it to yourself to experience southeast Alaska’s majestic glaciers, pristine wilderness and shorelines, scenic panoramas, as well as the opportunity to photograph wildlife in one of the world’s best locations for whale photography, right here in the U.S.!

Alaska Sea Adventures is your ticket to incredible wildlife and nature photography trips in the magical waterways and islands of Alaska’s Inside Passage.
	Jim Nahmens "Sum Dum Guide"

This coming summer, Alaska Sea Adventures will celebrate the seventh year of our July “Focus on Whales” adventures guided by Jim Nahmens, and Dr. Adam Pack with the Dolphin Institute in Hawaii. These exciting voyages have really been a lot of fun for everyone - they are among the most popular cruises each year – photographers and whale aficionados from around the world comprise our guest list.

Observing the whales up close and photographing their amazing cooperative “bubble-net” feeding behavior is one of the main highlights of these trips. These adventures also include an interesting mix of visits to glaciers, beach and forest exploration and a host of other wildlife photography opportunities which provides a well rounded photographic and Alaskan experience.

We’ll conclude our year of photography trips and workshops with an unusual, fantastic expedition to a special location on Admiralty Island National Monument. Here is where we find a rare, late season gathering of humpback whales near the end of November. There are typically between one and two hundred whales all grouped together feasting on an abundance of krill. The whales put on their last important pounds of blubber before migrating back to Hawaii for the winter. The fantastic low light angles at that time of the season coupled with a wintry backdrop and a large number of whales create some of the most surreal and exclusive photographic sessions. Watch for more about these fall 2008 trips in the next Alaska Sea Adventures newsletter.