Lituya Bay
July 16, 2012
Here we are aboard Ursa Major-a 65-foot North Sea trawler rolling softly in gentle Pacific swells a mile off Lituya Bay on Alaska’s south central coast.
Here we are aboard Ursa Major-a 65-foot North Sea trawler rolling softly in gentle Pacific swells a mile off Lituya Bay on Alaska’s south central coast.
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All the right things, in all the right places.
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Once a rescue craft, this Norway-built steel trawler is the ticket to ride for a venturesome crew.
