{"id":4549,"date":"2026-08-05T18:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=4549"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:23:31","slug":"seward-fjord-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2026\/08\/05\/seward-fjord-tour","title":{"rendered":"Seward Fjord Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was a rainy morning in Seward, and I was glad we didn’t stay in a tent last night. We fueled up with a quick pastry and coffee across by the dock, and then into the boat for a Wild Fjord Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The water was a bit choppy, but another passenger shared her drugs with me and that helped a bit. She also had those cool glasses that keep a horizon level line in your peripheral vision, which look sick as hell. No one barfed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spotted eagles, otters, seals, sea lions, a few humpbacks, but sadly no orcas. Stopped at the Chiswell islands to see the cool rock spires, and then went all the way up to Aialik glacier. I don’t believe we came this far last time I did the tour, and although the weather was a bit wet, it was great to see this expanse of blue ice and the calving glacier face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cold as Ice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Smiling in the Rain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\"Aialik<\/a>\n<\/div>
Aialik Glacier Panorama. For scale, the “Alaskan Explorer” boat is 95 feet long. The whole glacier face is over a mile wide, and at least 200 feet tall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When we got back to the harbor, I asked for recommendation for a hearty fish stew. We were sent to The Cookery<\/a>, and had our bast Alaskan meal yet. There was a bit of a wait, so we put our name in and walked around the old town. It was neat to see the start of Iditarod, and signs for the formerly Japanese owned business district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an about an hour we got seats at the bar. We got their famous mushroom toast, grilled Argentine cheese, a bowl of halibut stew, a big chimichurri ribeye for me, and a pot du chocolate and a glass of port to finish. We deserve it after this epic sibling trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For our final morning, we got coffee at Resurrect Art cafe<\/a>, which occupies an old church, and then drove back to Anchorage. I had to pull over at a photo spot by the road for one final selfie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Portage Creek Lillies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

I dropped Hannah at the Anchorage museum, as her flight is a bit later than mine, and then went to Ted Stevens to return our gear and car. Had a hearty lunch at the airport, and then slept on the plane to rest up for the next adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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