Friday, July 27, 2007

The mighty Stikine








Our diet was occasionally supplimented by friendly seafarers offering halibut, salmon, and king crab, yummie!! The Stikine River, its name derived from the Tlingit name Shtax' Héen, meaning "cloudy river" empties its glacier fed waters into the ocean near Wrangell after a 335 mile long journey through the rugged wilds of BC. Evidence of the river was apparent to us long before we reached Wrangell as the water grew murky with sediment. This particular morning our challenge of the day was trying not to drop all of our stuff in the mud, we didn't win.

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