Kubva BC kuenda kuAlaska: New Cruise Sets Sail

American Queen Voyages iri kupenengura chiitiko chayo chekutanga cheExpedition nekutanga kufamba nechikepe kweOcean Victory, iyo yakabva kuVancouver, BC Chivabvu 7, 2022. Ocean Victory inoratidza kusvika kwechikepe chechinomwe kuAmerican Queen Voyages zvikepe, izvo zvinosanganisirawo Rivers, Lakes & Oceans zviitiko.

Ngarava itsva yevaenzi zana nemakumi masere nenhanhatu, yakagadzirirwa kupinda mukati neyakagadziridzwa X-Bow dhizaini, ichafamba nechikepe pakati peVancouver, BC, neSitka, Alaska, pa186- uye 12-mazuva rwendo rwendo May kusvika Gunyana. Vaenzi vanogona kutarisira kusangana-pedyo zviitiko zvekufamba muThe Last Frontier, vachishanda pamwe chete nerwendo rwenguva uye kuhwina-mubairo American Queen Voyages shore zvikwata zveshando, kuwedzera kune vezvakasikwa vanotungamira maoko-pamikana yekudzidza, nezvimwe.

"Alaska inzvimbo yakasarudzika zvekuti kutanga kunzwisisa kukura kwayo kunoda kunyudzwa nechiitiko cherwendo," akadaro Shawn Bierdz, mukuru anoshanda, American Queen Voyages. "Ocean Victory ichapa vaenzi chiitiko chepedyo chekufamba nechikepe chinovatendera kuti vayemurwe nemashura mazhinji ekwavari kuenda. Tinofara kugamuchira vaenzi vedu vekutanga muchikepe apo isu takatanga rwendo rwedu rwekuenda kuAlaska's Inside Passage. "

Yakagadzirwa kuti iwanikwe yepedyo neyakagadziridzwa X-Bow dhizaini, ngarava inofamba-famba munzvimbo dzisinganyanyi kufambiswa dzeAlaska's Inside Passage uko vane pfungwa dzakafanana vanoongorora vanozotumira kayak neZodiacs nevatungamiriri vekushanya, tarisa mhuka dzesango kubva pakutsvedza kwekutarisa mapuratifomu, pupurira kutsvagisa kwemugungwa neCalifornia. Vadzidzi vePolytechnic State University mune chaiyo-nguva uye vane hurukuro dzekuita nevatungamiriri vekuAlaska.

"Patinopemberera kutanga kweOcean Victory, ndinokurudzirwa nekukura kwedu kubva kune imwe paddlewheel cruise line, American Queen, kuenda kuboka rezvikepe zuva rino richifamba Mississippi, Kentucky, Washington, Prince Edward Island neQuebec," vakagovana. John Waggoner, muvambi uye sachigaro weAmerican Queen Voyages. "Nhasi tinoshevedza zviteshi zvinopfuura zana nemakumi maviri neshanu zvine ngarava nomwe, tichishandisa vatambi vechikwata vanopfuura mazana matanhatu nemakumi manomwe - zvinodarika kunyange zviroto zvemukomana uyu wechikepe chimwe chete."

Sechikamu chechiitiko cheAmerican Queen Voyages expedition, mutsara wakabatana naDr. Michelle Fournet, mutungamiriri we Sound Science Research Collective, nokuda kwekutanga kweAlaska expedition mwaka weOcean Victory. Iye ane mukurumbira acoustic ecologist inyanzvi inotungamira mukutaurirana kweNorth Pacific humpback whales, uye akafananidzwa nechikwata chake cheSound Science Research Collective mugwaro rinozivikanwa "Fathom."

Fournet uye Sound Science Research Collective ichashanda pamwe neAmerican Queen Voyages expedition timu sezvo ngarava inova yekuwedzera kwerabhoritari yavo yekutsvagisa. MaHydrophones achashandiswa pabhodhi Zodiacs kuteerera manzwi eAlaska whale munguva chaiyo. Vaenzi vanozodzidzawo nezve uye kutora chikamu mukutevera whale kuburikidza nekuzivikanwa kwe fluke nekuisa yavo mafoto kubva muchikepe kuenda kudura resainzi zvichitevera mafambiro avo emwaka.

Muchiteshi chezvikepe, nzendo dzemumahombekombe dzinosanganisirwa nenyanzvi dzine ruzivo uye madhairekitori ekufambisa anopa mikana ine musoro yekufumura nhoroondo yakapfuma, mhuka dzesango dzakasiyana uye tsika dzinonakidza dzenzvimbo yega yega. Yakashongedzerwa neboka reZodiacs uye kayaks, mafambiro acho achapa vaenzi ruzivo rwakadzama rweAlaska yakasikwa, nhoroondo uye tsika hupfumi.

Iyo Ocean Victory yekutangisa Alaska mwaka chirongwa chepamusoro zvinosanganisira:

Anan Creek Bear uye Wildlife Observatory: Vaenzi vanopinda mugwenga reAlaska kuti vaone kamwe-mu-muhupenyu hwese mhuka dzesango munzvimbo yadzo yechisikigo. Vachafamba nejet boat kubva kuWrangell kuburikidza neEastern Passage kuenda kuAnan trailhead. Pano, Anan Creek inopa nzvimbo yakakwana yekutarisa, sezvo iri imwe yesalmon yakakura inomhanya muSoutheast Alaska. Izvi zvinoita kuti ive nzvimbo yepamusoro yekudya kwemabheya emuno, pamwe nemazizi ane mhanza uye zvisimbiso zvepachiteshi. PaAnan Bear neWildlife Observatory, vashanyi vanozosangana nemaonero ari pedyo eizvi zvisikwa zvikuru.

Five Finger Lighthouse: Iyo nhoroondo yeFinger Finger Lighthouse iri pakusangana kweStephen's Passage uye Frederick Sound muSoutheast Alaska. Chitsuwa chayakagara uye nemvura yakapoteredzwa imusha weshiri dzegungwa dzinogara, shiri dzinoimba nziyo, makondo ane mhanza, Steller sea shumba, harbor seals, sea otters, harbor porpoise, transient killer whales uye nhamba huru yehumpback whale.

Kake Tlingit Village: Kusangana netsika yechinyakare yeKake, vashanyi vachagamuchirwa neushamwari nevagari veTlingit uye vanokurudzirwa kutora chikamu mutsika dzavo dzenguva refu. Chinhambwe chipfupi kubva pachiteshi chezvikepe pane horo yenzanga, uko kuenzanisira kuveza kana kuti kurukwa kuchaitwa. Ipapo, vashanyi vanogona kutsika padancefloor apo vagari veko vanozoita nziyo dzechinyakare nekutamba. Pakupedzisira ivo vachaona hombe pasi rose-muti mumwe totem pole.

Petersburg: MuPetersburg, nzvimbo yeOcean Victory inomira padivi pezvikepe zvikuru zveAlaska zvepamusha, izvo zvinodana iyi isina kudzika, yakachengetedzwa chiteshi chengarava kumusha. Idzi mvura zhinji, uye kusingaperi kweaizi kubva pedyo neLeConte Glacier, yakatungamira mubati wehove wekuNorway Peter Buschmann kuvaka dunhu rekutanga cannery uye kukoka vanhu vake vekuredza kuti vabatane naye - nekudaro zita reguta uye tsika yaro yakasimba yekuNorway. Ngarava hombe dzerwendo hadzigoni kuuya muPetersburg, saka vashanyi vachave pakati pevashoma vane rombo rakanaka kuti vamire mumusha unoyevedza, wechokwadi weAlaskan.

Waterfall Coast: Vaenzi vanozozvipikisa kuti vatarise huwandu hwemapopoma akasangana mumhenderekedzo yegungwa yekumabvazuva yeBaranof Island, idiki inozivikanwa "mapopoma emvura". Mamwe anogona kuoneka kubva kune chero yeOcean Victory yekutarisa maonero, kana kurudyi padanho remvura ne kayak kana Zodiac. Iri rinenge rakavanzwa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa rakakwana kuti riwanikwe nezvisimbiso, nondo, uye tidepools akagadzirira kuratidza pfuma yakavanzika.

Ngarava itsva yerwendo rweOcean Victory ichafamba pakati peVancouver, BC neSitka, Alaska panzendo dzemazuva gumi nemaviri uye gumi nematatu dzinosanganisira hotera yepamberi yekugara muVancouver, BC kana Sitka, uye ichidaidza: Canadian Inside Passage; Fiordland (Kynoch Inlet); Ketchikan; Misty Fjords National Monument; Wrangell/Stikine River Wilderness; Waterfall Coast/Baranof Wilderness; Petersburg/Le Conte Glacier; Tracy Arm/Endicott Glacier; Kake/Frederick Sound/Finger Finger; uye Sitka, Alaska. Sailings inowanikwa May kusvika munaGunyana 12.