Mantle wedge
09-07-16, 02:25 PM
Thought I'd share a few pictures I took while I sailed around the Aleutians and Bering Sea this summer.
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This is the first Russian Orthodox church in North America, on Unalaska Island
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Unalaska Island as we sailed away from Dutch Harbor
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Whale, Unalaska Island in the background
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Off the coast of Attu Island. One of the only clear days we had during our six weeks in the Aleutians
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July 4, another clear-ish day. The Germans running the ship treated us to a wonderful Independence Day feast despite there only being four Americans on board.
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We docked in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for a few days before heading out again for another four weeks.
Hope you liked them! If anyone's interested, I have a few nice shots from the second leg of the trip...
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14053706_10101115633109129_939799377989947551_o.jp g
This is the first Russian Orthodox church in North America, on Unalaska Island
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14054483_10101115633173999_8117757489674595648_o.j pg
Unalaska Island as we sailed away from Dutch Harbor
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13975364_10101115633418509_730767344613662044_o.jp g
Whale, Unalaska Island in the background
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13975339_10101115710998039_2012009003488635592_o.j pg
Off the coast of Attu Island. One of the only clear days we had during our six weeks in the Aleutians
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13719649_10101115745903089_3695076810761346699_o.j pg
July 4, another clear-ish day. The Germans running the ship treated us to a wonderful Independence Day feast despite there only being four Americans on board.
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14196153_10101135018525599_2444808236047954799_o.j pg
We docked in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky for a few days before heading out again for another four weeks.
Hope you liked them! If anyone's interested, I have a few nice shots from the second leg of the trip...