Ukusuka kuBC ukuya eAlaska: Inqanawa Entsha iSeti iSikhephe

I-American Queen Voyages ivula amava ayo okuqala e-Expedition kunye nokuqaliswa kokuhamba ngenqanawa kwe-Ocean Victory, eyanduluka eVancouver, BC ngoMeyi 7, 2022. Uloyiso lwase-Ocean luphawula ukufika kwenqanawa yesixhenxe kwiinqanawa ze-American Queen Voyages, ezibandakanya i-Rivers, Amava eLakes & Oceans.

Inqanawa entsha yeendwendwe ze-186, eyenzelwe ukufikelela ngokusondeleyo kunye noyilo lwe-X-Bow, iya kuhamba phakathi kweVancouver, BC, kunye ne-Sitka, e-Alaska, nge-12- kunye ne-13-day cruises ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba. Iindwendwe zinokulindela amava ohambo asondeleleneyo kwi-Last Frontier, esebenza ngokusondeleyo nohambo lwamaxesha kunye namaqela okhenketho olwandle aphumelele ibhaso le-American Queen Voyages, ukongeza kwiingcali zendalo ezikhokela izandla kumathuba okufunda, kunye nokunye.

"I-Alaska yindawo ekhethekileyo yokuya apho ukuze iqale ukuqonda ubukhulu bayo ifuna ukuntywiliselwa ngamava ohambo," utshilo uShawn Bierdz, igosa eliyintloko lokusebenza, i-American Queen Voyages. “Uloyiso loLwandle luza kuzisa iindwendwe amava okuhamba ngesikhephe okubavumela ngokwenene ukuba bathabatheke yimimangaliso yendalo emininzi yendawo ekuyiwa kuyo. Sichulumancile kukwamkela iindwendwe zethu zokuqala enqanaweni njengoko siqala uhambo lwethu oluya eAlaska's Inside Passage.

Yenzelwe ukufikelela ngokusondeleyo kunye noyilo lwe-X-Bow, inqanawa ihamba ngenqanawa kwiindawo ezingahambanga kangako zeAlaska's Inside Passage apho abahloli abanengqondo efanayo baya kuthumela i-kayaks kunye neZodiacs kunye neenkokeli zohambo, zijonge izilwanyana zasendle ukusuka kumaqonga okubuka isilayidi, ubungqina bophando lwaselwandle yiCalifornia. Abafundi beYunivesithi yasePolytechnic State ngexesha lokwenyani kwaye babe neengxoxo ezibandakanyekayo kunye neenkokheli zomthonyama zaseAlaska.

“Njengoko sibhiyozela uloyiso loLwandlekazi, ndikhuthazwe kukukhula kwethu ukusuka kwinqanawa enye yokuhamba ngenqanawa, iKumkanikazi yaseMelika, ukuya kwinqanawa yenqanawa ngalo mhla zihamba ngesikhephe eMississippi, eKentucky, eWashington, ePrince Edward Island naseQuebec,” kwabelwana ngawo. UJohn Waggoner, umseki kunye nosihlalo we-American Queen Voyages. “Namhlanje simema amazibuko angaphezu kwe-125 aneenqanawa ezisixhenxe, siqeshe abadlali beqela elingaphezulu kwama-670 – egqitha lee namaphupha ale nkwenkwe yesikhitshane esinye.”

Njengenxalenye ye-American Queen Voyages amava ohambo, umgca uye wabambisana noDkt Michelle Fournet, umlawuli we-Sound Science Research Collective, kwixesha lokuqala le-Alaska lokuhamba kwexesha le-Ocean Victory. Isazi sendalo esidumileyo se-acoustic yingcali ekhokelayo kunxibelelwano lweminenga yaseMntla yePasifiki, kwaye yachazwa kunye neqela lakhe leNgqungquthela yoPhando lwezeNzululwazi kuxwebhu oludumileyo "Fathom."

I-Fournet kunye ne-Sound Science Research Collective iya kusebenzisana ne-American Queen Voyages iqela lokuhamba njengoko inqanawa iba sisandiso selebhu yophando. IiHydrophones ziya kusetyenziswa kwibhodi yeZodiac ukumamela amazwi eminenga yaseAlaska ngexesha lokwenyani. Iindwendwe nazo ziya kufunda kwaye zithathe inxaxheba ekulandeleni umnenga ngokuchongwa kolwelwembane ngokufaka ezazo iifoto ezisuka enqanaweni kwiziko ledatha lenzululwazi kulandela iintshukumo zazo zamaxesha onyaka.

Kwizibuko, uhambo oluqukayo lwaselunxwemeni kunye neengcali ezinolwazi kunye nezikhokelo zohambo zibonelela ngamathuba anentsingiselo okutyhila imbali etyebileyo, izilwanyana zasendle ezikhethekileyo kunye neenkcubeko ezinomdla kwindawo nganye yokusingwa. Ukuxhotyiswa ngeenqwelo zeZodiacs kunye ne-kayaks, uhambo luya kubonelela iindwendwe ngokuphononongwa okunzulu kwe-Alaska yendalo, imbali kunye nobuncwane benkcubeko.

I-Ocean Victory yokusungula inkqubo ye-Alaska yexesha eliphambili iquka:

I-Anan Creek Bear kunye ne-Wildlife Observatory: Iindwendwe zingena kwintlango yaseAlaska ukuze zijonge kube kanye ebomini izilwanyana zasendle kwindawo yazo yendalo. Baya kuhamba ngesikhephe se-jet ukusuka e-Wrangell ngokudlula kwi-Eastern Passage ukuya kwi-Anan trailhead. Apha, i-Anan Creek ibonelela ngendawo egqibeleleyo yokujonga indawo, njengoko iyeyeyona salmon inkulu ibaleka eMzantsi-mpuma weAlaska. Oku kuyenza ibe yeyona ndawo iphambili kukutya kweebhere zalapha, kunye namaxhalanga anempandla kunye namatywina asezibukweni. Kwi-Anan Bear kunye neWildlife Observatory, iindwendwe ziya kufumana iimbono ezisondeleyo zezi zidalwa zibalaseleyo.

Isibane seFinger Finger: Imbali yeFinger Lighthouse eyimbali ikwindawo ekudityanwa kuyo uStephen's Passage kunye noFrederick Sound kuMzantsi-mpuma weAlaska. Isiqithi ehlala kuso kunye namanzi ajikelezileyo likhaya leentaka zaselwandle ezihlala kuzo, iintaka eziculayo, amaxhalanga anempandla, iingonyama zolwandle iSteller, i-harbor seal, i-sea otters, i-harbor porpoise, iminenga ebulalayo edlulayo kunye nenani elikhulu leminenga ene-humpback.

Ilali yaseKake Tlingit: Ukufumana inkcubeko yendabuko yaseKake, iindwendwe ziya kwamkelwa ngokufudumeleyo ngabahlali baseTlingit kwaye bakhuthazwa ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwizithethe zabo ezide. Kumganyana nje ongephi ukusuka kwizibuko kukho iholo yasekuhlaleni, apho kuya kuba khona umboniso wokukrola okanye wokuluka. Ke, iindwendwe zinokungena kwi-dancefloor apho abantu bendawo baya kucula iingoma zemveli kunye nemidaniso. Ekugqibeleni baya kubona eyona pali yetotem yomthi omkhulu emhlabeni.

Petersburg: Petersburg, i-Ocean Victory docks kanye ecaleni kwe-Alaska enkulu ye-halibut fleet, ebiza eli zibuko lingekho nzulu, likhuselweyo njengekhaya. La manzi maninzi, kunye nonikezelo olungapheliyo lomkhenkce oluvela kufutshane neLeConte Glacier, kukhokelele umlobi waseNorway uPeter Buschmann ukuba akhe inkonkxa yokuqala yalo mmandla kwaye ameme abantu belizwe lakhe lokuloba ukuba bamjoyine- yiyo loo nto igama ledolophu kunye nenkcubeko eyomeleleyo yaseNorway. Iinqanawa ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa azikwazi ukungena ePetersburg, ke iindwendwe ziya kuba phakathi kwabambalwa abanelungelo lokumisa kule dolophana inomtsalane, yokwenyani yaseAlaska.

Unxweme lweNgxangxasi: Iindwendwe ziyakucela umngeni ukuba zilandelele inani leengxangxasi ezidibene nonxweme oluhle lwasempuma lweSiqithi iBaranof, “unxweme oluneengxangxasi” oluncinane olwaziwayo. Ezinye zinokubonwa nakweyiphi na indlela yokujonga i-Ocean Victory, okanye ekunene kwinqanaba lamanzi nge-kayak okanye i-Zodiac. Olu nxweme luphantse lufihlwe lufanelekile ukuba lufunyanwe ngamatywina, amaxhama, kunye namachibi alungele ukuveza ubutyebi obuyimfihlo.

Inqanawa entsha kraca uhambo Ocean Victory iya kuhamba phakathi Vancouver, BC kunye Sitka, Alaska kwi 12- kunye 13-ientsuku uhambo kuquka pre-cruise ihotele ukuhlala e Vancouver, BC okanye Sitka, kwaye ubiza: Canadian Ngaphakathi Passage; Fiordland (Kynoch Inlet); i-Ketchikan; Isikhumbuzo seSizwe seMisty Fjords; Intlango yoMlambo iWrangell/Stikine; Unxweme lweWaterfall/Intlango yaseBaranof; Petersburg/Le Conte Glacier; Tracy Arm/Endicott Glacier; I-Kake/Frederick Isandi/Iminwe emihlanu; naseSitka, eAlaska. Ukuhamba ngeenqanawa kufumaneka ngoMeyi ukuya kuthi ga ngoSeptemba ka-2022.