Alaska Supervoyage Mid Trip Report – Aug 14-24, 2018 We are on Day 7 of the Alaska Supervoyage aboard Swell. We have just returned from exploring Ford’s Terror. A single blue iceberg at the entrance was remarkably beautiful, its two-tone colour set off by the towering dark mountains behind it. We entered the narrows as […]
It was a misty morning in Louscoone Inlet. We launched kayaks and explore the lagoon, intertidal shores and islets near the mouth of this long south-facing inlet. Sea anemones, red sea-urchins and fucus are prominent on the rocky shore and as the tide drops. we spot raccoons coming out to forage on the shore. The […]
With cameras in hand, the crew and guests on our fall photography trip aboard Maple Leaf head out in search of some of the magic that the Great Bear Rainforest seems to hold. — Photography guide and naturalist Philip Stone reports: The sunshine has returned to the Great Bear Rainforest after a brief but epic late […]
Naturalist Phil Stone aboard MV Swell reports from Frederick Sound, Alaska: The rivers are full and the salmon running. We’re seeing brown bears regularly and the guests delighting in watching them swimming the river pools, rock-hopping and feasting on the pink salmon. Yesterday we spent the afternoon exploring Warm Springs Bay with hiking to the […]
Maple Leaf is currently cruising through the abundant fjords of Southeast Alaska. Naturalist Alison Watt reports: We’re heading through misty straits today, still euphoric from our day at Pack Creek yesterday with almost a dozen grizzlies, including moms and cubs, gnawing down the summer’s first salmon feasts. We are in whale soup up here; started our trip […]
Update from naturalist Sherry Kirkvold, aboard Swell When you meet your group and find that they have just attended a pole raising in Masset, you know they have already shared a special experience. And their special experiences continued. We saw three bears on the way to Moresby Camp to meet Swell, and another shortly after setting […]
Photo by Jad Davenport from previous Haida Gwaii trip After a day and a half of exploration of Haida Gwaii’s northern island, Graham Island, naturalist, Bristol Foster joined the guests aboard the Swell for Maple Leaf Adventures’ first Haida Gwaii trip of 2017. Day 1 – May 24 We drive south from Masset […]
The guests aboard the SV Maple Leaf were joined by Survivorman, Les Stroud on an epic expedition through the Gulf Islands and surrounding Salish Sea to the depths of Desolation Sound. With fresh paint, glistening bright-work and an enthusiastic crew, the Maple Leaf’s first trip of 2017 was a success. A young humpback whale transited alongside […]
MV Swell has now worked her way north through Vancouver Island’s Inside Passage, an epic journey through a multitude of ecosystems. From the dry grasslands and arbutus of the Gulf Islands to the lush greens of the Broughton Archipelago, the guests and crew were treated to a few unique experiences that remind us why each […]
Maple Leaf Adventure’s 2017 season has commenced with a special kick off this year in to mark Canada’s 150th birthday, and to recognize the 15,000 years of Coast Salish history here as well. Swell, crew and guests explored the Salish Sea with a Canadian Geographic Ambassador, local Penelakut First Nation’s elder Florence James and naturalist and islands resident Briony […]