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Comment: Our first camp on the river at Silver Creek.
Alaska 596 * 4 rafts- check. 15 passengers- check. Yellow rain gear- check. Looks like we are ready to get underway on the Tatshenshini! * 4 rafts- check. 15 passengers- check. Yellow rain gear- check. Looks like we are ready to get underway on the Tatshenshini! * 3072 x 2304 * (1.67MB)

Alaska 597 * This grizzly swam across the river within the first 30 minutes on the water! Needless to say, that got our heart rates up and our cameras out! See movie also. * This grizzly swam across the river within the first 30 minutes on the water! Needless to say, that got our heart rates up and our cameras out! See movie also. * 2108 x 1581 * (879KB)

Alaska 601 * This grizzly swam across the river within the first 30 minutes on the water! Needless to say, that got our heart rates up and our cameras out! See movie also. * This grizzly swam across the river within the first 30 minutes on the water! Needless to say, that got our heart rates up and our cameras out! See movie also. * 2020 x 1515 * (907KB)

Alaska 089 * The Canyon of the Tatshenshini signaled that the river was speeding up and we would soon enter the most significant rapids of the trip, only an hour after we put on the water! Black Bear rapid, Twin Falls, and M&M Falls kept us on our toes for the next hour or so as we maneuvered our heavily laden rafts through wave trains and around hydraulics. * The Canyon of the Tatshenshini signaled that the river was speeding up and we would soon enter the most significant rapids of the trip, only an hour after we put on the water! Black Bear rapid, Twin Falls, and M&M Falls kept us on our toes for the next hour or so as we maneuvered our heavily laden rafts through wave trains and around hydraulics. * 2816 x 2112 * (2.17MB)

Alaska 091 * Wolf tracks on this sandy island let us know that we had left civilization behind and truly entered the wilderness. * Wolf tracks on this sandy island let us know that we had left civilization behind and truly entered the wilderness. * 2112 x 2816 * (3.0MB)
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Tatshenshini River Trip
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Alaska 092 * The river is fairly narrow with heavily wooded banks in the upper section, with smallish mountains serving as a backdrop. * The river is fairly narrow with heavily wooded banks in the upper section, with smallish mountains serving as a backdrop. * 2816 x 2112 * (1.47MB)

Alaska 097 * Brian rowed us and our load of driftwood into camp. * Brian rowed us and our load of driftwood into camp. * 2816 x 2112 * (1.52MB)

Alaska 098 * Bald eagles abounded along the river. Although we never tired of seeing them, they did become regular enough of a sight that I once heard another boater say with little excitement is his voice, Steer over there, right by the bald eagle flying over the river. * Bald eagles abounded along the river. Although we never tired of seeing them, they did become regular enough of a sight that I once heard another boater say with little excitement is his voice, Steer over there, right by the bald eagle flying over the river. * 2816 x 2112 * (1.37MB)

Alaska 099 * I loved the sight of this mountain, which I appropriately named Pyramid Mountain. * I loved the sight of this mountain, which I appropriately named Pyramid Mountain. * 2816 x 2112 * (1.45MB)

Alaska 101 * Noctilucent clouds, aka polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs), were visible among the twilight sky at midnight from our camp at Sediment Creek. * Noctilucent clouds, aka polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs), were visible among the twilight sky at midnight from our camp at Sediment Creek. * 2816 x 2112 * (883KB)
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