{"id":1776,"date":"2013-07-03T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=1776"},"modified":"2020-01-11T14:06:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T22:06:52","slug":"kenai-fjords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2013\/07\/03\/kenai-fjords","title":{"rendered":"Kenai Fjords"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We left Anchorage and drove south on the Kenai peninsula to Seward, where we caught a boat to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenaifjords.com\/fox-island-experience.html\">Fox Island<\/a>. 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Apparently it&#8217;s hard to scratch yourself with a flipper. They were within 20 feet of me on the short, but I was too dumbfounded to get a picture. Instead, Ruth got this video from a little further away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a day on the island, we went on a boat tour deep into the national park to the Northwestern Glacier. It&#8217;s named for the university, and has receded more than six mile from where it was charted in 1909. Despite the retreat, it&#8217;s still spectacular, and we saw a fair number of other interesting critters on the ride there and back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/9243480346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5478\/9243480346_34e8873acd.jpg\" alt=\"Seals on icefloe\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Seals on icefloe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/9243482120\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7403\/9243482120_e51bae9f32.jpg\" alt=\"Northwest Glacier\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Northwest Glacier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/9240709935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2846\/9240709935_2d72f9107e.jpg\" alt=\"Puffins\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Puffins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jlevinger\/9243478320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7434\/9243478320_4cb3cf6fb1.jpg\" alt=\"Humpback breaching\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Humpback breaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We left Anchorage and drove south on the Kenai peninsula to Seward, where we caught a boat to Fox Island. 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