Santa Barbara, CA., January 16, 2010 -- Each year the luxury charter yacht Caledonia forges a path through the inside passage of Alaska where among world class fishing, majestic natural wonders and wild animals exist some of the largest most magnificent glaciers our country, and planet, has to offer – but they won’t be around forever.
Caledonia is a 95-foot luxury yacht, and unlike her larger cruise-ship counterparts, is able to navigate the narrow fjords through Stephens Passage to get close enough to the faces of the glaciers and witness a breathtaking process called calving.
The ice, which has become compacted over hundreds of years forming the glaciers slowly creeps and slides downhill via slow moving rivers of ice. Once at the waters edge, the sheer weight of the ice can no longer be supported by the water and the process of calving takes place where enormous sections as large as 50’ x 100’ by as much as 40 to 50’ in depth break off and literally create a wall of water as the ice can fall from heights over 150 feet.
"Whether this phenomenon is a direct result of global warming or perhaps a very long cycle repeating itself is unknown" said Bob Stephens, Captain and Co-Owner of the Caledonia. "In any event the ice is disappearing quickly and slowly raising the sea level all around the world.”
The booking season is currently open and tours begin May 15th. The typical tour lasts 6 nights and 7 days.
About Alaskan Northwest Charters:
The M/V Caledonia is owned and operated by Alaska and Northwest Charters, LLC, an Alaskan Corporation licensed by the State of Alaska. Bob Stephens has plied the waters of Alaska, the San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during the past twenty years. He was also a U.S. Air Force Navigator and accumulated over 5000 hours of worldwide navigation in both C124s and C141 aircraft.
Contact:
Robert Stephens, Captain
Alaskan Northwest Charters
Tel: 206-310-5947
www.alaskanwcharters.com
