Thank you to former President Jimmy Carter for the gumption and foresight to set aside the Misty Fjords National Monument in 1978. This amazingly striking fjord of unspoiled wilderness is the definition of why we set aside wild, stunningly beautiful places. While the economic activities of resource extraction can bring a short-term financial gain, the experience of visiting Misty Fjords can be experienced by generations now and a multitude to come. We embraced that experience today with extended families onboard National Geographic Sea Bird. Three generations onboard experienced the solitude, splendor, and special bonds of sharing an exceptional place and making lasting memories, together.
Haiku Contributions from Global Explorers of all ages:
Dive Marbled Murrelets!
Catch some salmon for your young
Hungry tummies wait
Magic in my eyes
Ethereal whisperings
I am in heaven
-Allyson Kavner
Matt saw a bear cub
I was looking but missed it
I will come back soon
-Kathryn Kavner
Pearls float on water
I watch their luminescence
Pop and deep they dive
-Lynn Pastor Shaver
Wandering southbound
Eagles, Whales, Birds among us
Nature’s reflection
-Paul L
A soft voice wakes me
“Good morning Sea Bird Travelers”
Oof I need coffee
Over there! It’s a bear!
By the spruce in the meadow!
You mean that tree stump?
-Reed Kavner
Otters and seals play
Mountain Goat and her babies
Families together
Sara Kavner Lazrow
Eagle, bear, salmon too
I’ve seen them all, also you?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
-Matt Woolf
I thought, while it rained,
These fog-filled fjords were apt-named.
Monuments mist-stained.
-Emmett Powers
