Glacier Bay National Park

Jul 06, 2018 - National Geographic Quest

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A passenger aboard National Geographic Quest eagerly focuses her camera in anticipation of getting the best images of Steller’s sea lions as we draw close to Marble Island. The sounds of the sea lions calling can be heard from a half a mile away.

The day begins as Kevin Skeek, our Hoonah Tlingit Cultural Interpreter, and Christina Martinez, our National Park Ranger, board National Geographic Quest at 5 AM in Bartlett Cove. After a stop at Marble Island to view numerous seabirds, bald eagles, sea lions, and even a humpback whale, we make our way along sixty miles of the glacially carved fjord system to “up-bay,” where we visit the mountain goats of Gloomy Knob and the icebergs of the John Hopkins Glacier.

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About the Author

Lynn Wilbur

Naturalist/Expedition Diver

Lynn is a marine biologist and underwater photographer whose passion lies in the intertidal zone. Lynn’s love of the ocean began when she was just four years old after experiencing a tide pool for the first time, and she received her first scuba certification immediately after graduating from high school. Her interest in photography also started when she was a youngster, shooting black and white film with an old box camera that her mother found at a thrift store.

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