Our last day of the voyage found National Geographic Venture cruising through Peril Strait toward the city of Sitka. This long and narrow passage lies between Baranof Island and Chichagof Island. Along the way we found a new place to land and go hiking on an island called Mennons, which none of the staff had landed on before! It’s always exciting to explore new areas to do various lengths and degrees of hikes!
In the afternoon, we navigated through the narrowest portion of the Peril called Sergius Narrows, which we can only go through at slack tide because of very extreme currents at the tidal changes. Finally, as the ship approached Sitka, we were treated to an encounter with a small group of gray whales, which had recently been feeding in the area. What a finale!
