North Prince of Wales Island

A zero-tide window brings me to a remote part of Misty Fjords National Forest in Southeast Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island just west of Ketchikan. There are few airstrips and accommodations to support our field work in this area, so we chartered the 70' Georgia Lee to serve as our remote base. Her able skipper Jack Dawson is incredible to work with, as we learned last summer on a similar remote survey.



This is a narrow channel leading to Barnes Lake on the northeast side of POW Island. The changing tides rush in and out of this channel, creating tidal rapids that flow both directions.



Sean and me going ashore in the 17' aluminum skiff.

We chose several anchorages for the Georgia Lee, including Coffman Cove.


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