Inside Passage, Bears & Aleutian Islands - OME-YVR-0-AMALA2214 MS Roald Amundsen departing 22 Jul 2022

Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. A popular filming location, it’s surrounded by mountains, and also has thriving art, theatre and music scenes. Vancouver Art Gallery is known for its works by regional artists, while the Museum of Anthropology houses preeminent First Nations collections

Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of Alaska, United States. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. In 2018 the population was estimated at 3,866, a rise from the 3,598 recorded in the 2010 census, up from 3,505 in 2000.

Starting in the gold-rush town of Nome, we first birdwatch on isolated St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea, before visiting bustling Unalaska and abandoned Unga in the Aleutian Islands. Look for bald eagles in Chignik Bay and brown bears in Katmai National Park. The expedition ends in Vancouver via the Misty Fjords, Icy Bay, and the mixed heritage towns of Wrangell and Sitka.

St. Matthew Island is a remote island in the Bering Sea in Alaska, 183 miles west-northwest of Nunivak Island. The entire island’s natural scenery and wildlife is protected as it is part of the Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

Saint Paul Island is the largest of the Pribilof Islands, a group of four Alaskan volcanic islands located in the Bering Sea between the United States and Russia. The village of St. Paul is the only residential area on the island.

Starting in the gold-rush town of Nome, we first birdwatch on isolated St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea, before visiting bustling Unalaska and abandoned Unga in the Aleutian Islands. Look for bald eagles in Chignik Bay and brown bears in Katmai National Park. The expedition ends in Vancouver via the Misty Fjords, Icy Bay, and the mixed heritage towns of Wrangell and Sitka.

Dutch Harbor is a harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June 1942, and was one of the few sites in the United States to be subjected to aerial bombardment by a foreign power during World War II.

Unga is a ghost town on Unga Island in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, about two miles west of Sand Point. The island’s length is 15 miles. Unga’s altitude is 59 feet.

Chignik is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. It is two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Kodiak. At the 2010 census the population was 91, up from 79 in 2000.

Kodiak is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island’s communities and the outside world goes through this city via ferryboat or airline. The population was 6,130 as of the 2010 census

Starting in the gold-rush town of Nome, we first birdwatch on isolated St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea, before visiting bustling Unalaska and abandoned Unga in the Aleutian Islands. Look for bald eagles in Chignik Bay and brown bears in Katmai National Park. The expedition ends in Vancouver via the Misty Fjords, Icy Bay, and the mixed heritage towns of Wrangell and Sitka.

Starting in the gold-rush town of Nome, we first birdwatch on isolated St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea, before visiting bustling Unalaska and abandoned Unga in the Aleutian Islands. Look for bald eagles in Chignik Bay and brown bears in Katmai National Park. The expedition ends in Vancouver via the Misty Fjords, Icy Bay, and the mixed heritage towns of Wrangell and Sitka.

Sitka is an Alaskan city and borough near Juneau, the state capital. It’s spread over Baranof Island, part of Chichagof Island and others. It was part of Russia until 1867 and St. Michael’s Orthodox Cathedral is topped with an onion dome. The 1842 Russian Bishop’s House is nearby. Sitka National Historical Park is the site of Russia’s defeat of the indigenous Tlingit people and has a trail dotted with totem poles.

The City and Borough of Wrangell is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,369, up from 2,308 in 2000. Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Borough on May 30, 2008, Wrangell was previously a city in the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area. Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw.

Misty Fjords National Monument is a national monument and wilderness area administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest.

Starting in the gold-rush town of Nome, we first birdwatch on isolated St. Paul and St. Matthew Islands in the Bering Sea, before visiting bustling Unalaska and abandoned Unga in the Aleutian Islands. Look for bald eagles in Chignik Bay and brown bears in Katmai National Park. The expedition ends in Vancouver via the Misty Fjords, Icy Bay, and the mixed heritage towns of Wrangell and Sitka.

Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. A popular filming location, it’s surrounded by mountains, and also has thriving art, theatre and music scenes. Vancouver Art Gallery is known for its works by regional artists, while the Museum of Anthropology houses preeminent First Nations collections