The morning of Thursday, September 6 we awakened aside the docks in Juneau.
![At the dock in Juneau](AKJDock.jpg)
In the morning, we took a wildlife quest trip in Lynn Canal and saw bald eagles,
sea otters, whales, seals, and sea lions. Unfortunately, it was difficult to get
good pictures.
![Lynn Canal](AKJStrait.jpg)
![Island in the Lynn Channel](AKJQuestIsland.jpg)
After lunch, we took a spectacular helicopter ride up to Mendenhall Glacier,
behind Juneau...
![Helicopter taking off](AKJChopper.jpg) ![Mendenhall Glacier from the Airport](AKJGlacier.jpg)
![Above Juneau](AKJSKyView.jpg) ![Mendenhall Glacier](AKJMendenhall.jpg)
![Waterfalls](AKJWaterfalls.jpg) ![Mountain Valley](AKJValley.jpg)
![View of Lynn Canal from Helicopter](AKJChannel.jpg) ![Flowing Glacier](AKJGlacierFlow.jpg)
The helicopter pilot landed twice on the glacier so we could hike around...
![Chopper on ice field](AKJChopperDown.jpg) ![Walk on the ice](AKJIceWalk.jpg)
![Ice Field](AKJIceField.jpg) ![Moraine](AKJMoraine.jpg)
![Ice Crack](AKJIceCrack.jpg) ![A tourist](AKJTourist.jpg) ![Avalanche](AKJAvalanche.jpg)
![Picnic](AKJPicnic.jpg) ![Ice Flow](AKJIceFloe.jpg)
![Ice Cave](AKJIceCave.jpg) ![Chopper Camp](AKJChopperCamp.jpg)
On
the way back, we saw another glacier tour camping on the ice below us with five
helicopters.
![Airport from the Glacier](AKJAirport.jpg) ![Back to the Airport](AKJRunway.jpg)
About 7pm, we cast off and began the brief sail up Lynn Canal to Skagway.
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