USA- Alaska- Icy Bay

My favorite memory of Alaska was last year, it was our sail from Prince William Sound to Glacier Bay. The sail was uneventful due to good planning and the weather cooperating; I really enjoyed the sail; the scenic snowcapped mountain and glacier views were enthralling and my first Orca sighting happened during this sail in the Gulf of Alaska. I mentioned this to Gary and told him about Icy Bay and how beautiful it is from offshore, and before I knew it, he dove into researching to the possibilities of exploring Icy Bay. Gary is consistently a man of action. “AmeriCAN” as we say on board SV Illimite.

Our approach into Icy Bay in the evening was a bit treacherous with navigating very large and significant ice bergs, with dim light and fog. The next morning, we went to see the glacier. The weather was spectacular for most of the day, blue skies and the sun was shining. After we re-anchored, around 3pm the fog moved in enveloping us in a wet cloud with 15-foot / 5 meter visibility. This is just how Alaska is, ever changing weather, it is never dull.

At our previous anchorage Bear Trap, we did some salmon fishing, so I had loads of fish to cook and eat. Meal planning is fun when you get to catch and bake your own. We had a delicious lunch in Icy Bay, homemade whole wheat sourdough, freshly caught pink salmon and an Alaskan Icy Bay IPA beer in Icy Bay!!

Living the dream, it doesn’t get much better than this..

Well actually, it does, we are now catching Sockeye Salmon : )

On another interesting note, Taan Fiord one of the fingers of Icy Bay experienced a landslide and mega tsunami in 2015. Icy Bay is a remote area, and no one was hurt, the tsunami was 328 feet tall (100 meters).