David Pickar, Video Chronicler

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Daily Expedition Reports
03 Jun 2017

Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier of Tracy Arm & Ford’s Terror Wilderness, 6/3/2017, National Geographic Sea Lion

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion
Alaska

On our final day cruising, the passengers (and expedition leader) of the National Geographic Sea Lion decided to go out with a splash! Cruising from Sitka to Juneau, we spent the day transiting the 30-mile long glacially carved fiord of Endicott Arm, one of three fiords in Tracy Arm and Ford’s Terror Wilderness area and just 50 miles south of Juneau. Designated part of the Tongass National Forest in the early 1900’s, it was not until 1980 that Jimmy Carter designated the approximately 650,000 acres of this wild, scenic and untouched area as wilderness.

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David Pickar, Video Chronicler

David Pickar is a native of Portland, Oregon. He studied anthropology at the University of Oregon, then spent several years working as a field archaeologist. Participating in excavations in countries like Jordan, Belize and Italy and in every corner ...

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