Glacier Bay, Alaska

Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan en route

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After an overnight leg, we dock in Sitka and take in a few sites in this small fishing town. History is evident here, from the original Tlingit peoples to the Russian Settlers and the Purchase by Seward for the U.S.

Sitka Harbor.

Touring Sitka.

Totem Poles. Rain forest. Russian influence and Orthodox Cathedral. All these are very much a part of Sitka.

Totem pole under construction.

These totem poles are part of a rain forest interpretive center.

Russian art in one of the store windows.

The Russian Orthodox cathedral in the center of town.

Made from a variety of found/traded animal parts.

The small village of Sitka, Alaska.

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