Kim Clune’s Alaska: Eagle’s Hunt in Victoria

The last adventure of our Palin-free Alaskan cruise takes us not to Alaska, but to Victoria, British Columbia where we took a frigid boat ride around the islands at sunset in search of orcas, porpoises, eagles, cormorants and sea lions.

While unlucky in whale sitings, we watched dumbfounded as a magnificant Eagle made an unusual kill, snapping a gull from the air overhead and flying off with it while chased by other gulls. The sheer power was breathtaking.

Our guide said a kill of this type is highly atypical for an Eagle. Normally, they feed on fish and carrion. While he had never seen anything like it in all his years of coastline travels, there it happened, right in front of us. Amazing.

Come back next Friday for the blooper reel! And if you’ve missed any Palin-free, Alaskan Adventures:

Episode 1: Juneau – amazing whale, bear and glacier sightings
Episode 2: Glacier Bay National Park – see the pristine heart of the bay and the incredible calving Margery Glacier
Episode 3: Sitka Part 1 – ride on a high-speed pontoon boat through the intrepid waters of Sitka
Episode 4: S itka Part 2 – a visit to Alaska’s Raptor Rehabilitation Center and a walk about town
Episode 5: Misty Fjords of Ketchika n – A mystical float plane view of long saltwater fjords sculpted by glacial impact 17,000 years ago

8 Comments

Kristine on December 31, 2010 at 10:17 am

That ice carving is impressive! Almost as impressive as the whale-watching tour. I've always wanted to go on one of those, so much so that it is an item on my life list. Hopefully I will be as lucky as you were. Gorgeous footage!

Thanks so much for sharing your Alaskan journey. It has been enlightening, to say the least. I am glad you had such an amazing time.

Kim Clune on January 13, 2011 at 9:18 am

Kristine, you have to go! Let's go together! Oh right. We just did.

Thanks for coming along. You're an awesome travel mate. You're so low maintenance, I didn't even know you were on board. 🙂
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