Surf roars over Cape Decision.

A cobble beach.

Wildflowers in the Aleutian Islands means it must be summer.

Wildflowers in the Aleutian Islands means it must be summer.

Wildflowers in the Aleutian Islands means it must be summer.

Looks like a good home for lazy eagles picking fish remains off drying nets.

Looks like a good home for lazy eagles picking fish remains off drying nets.

Fly-away setup.

Fly-away setup.

Fly-away setup.

Fly-away setup.

Fly-away setup.

Fly-away setup.

Mist, sunbeams, and giant trees.

Float plane tourist ride out of Ketchikan.

FAIRWEATHER tied up at ISC Ketchikan with the buoy tender PETITE and the Cutter ACUSHNET.

A float plane at Ketchikan.

Rainbow and mist over the Coast Guard Base at Ketchikan.

A log-strewn beach on Kodiak Island.

A mountainous coast along Kodiak Island.

NOAA Ship RAINIER personnel surfing on Kodiak Island. The Beach Boys never considered this. Santa Cruz and Kodiak, surfin' USA.

NOAA Ship RAINIER personnel surfing on Kodiak Island. The Beach Boys never considered this. Santa Cruz and Kodiak, surfin' USA.

NOAA Ship RAINIER personnel surfing on Kodiak Island. The Beach Boys never considered this. Santa Cruz and Kodiak, surfin' USA.

Marine fossils along the beach cliffs on Kodiak Island.

The waterfront at Ketchikan.

Island homes in the Ketchikan area.

The Ketchikan Yacht Club. Hardy yachters only need apply.

Restored houses and business establishments along the Ketchikan waterfront.

Mountains in the mist at Ketchikan.

Bow of NOAA Ship RAINIER underway to Rudyerd Bay working area.

Rudyerd Bay area on a foggy, rainy, misty day.

Silvery waterfalls threading their way down to the sea.

Precipitous cliffs, narrow waterways in the mist.

Mountains, mist and sea.

Mountains, mist, waterfalls and sea.

Mountains, mist and sea.

Vistas of mountain, mist, and sea.

Where clouds become fog.

A maze of mountains and water.

Mountains, mist, and sea.

The bow of the RAINIER as it traverses the labyrinthine waterways of SE Alaska.

The bow of the RAINIER as it traverses the labyrinthine waterways of SE Alaska.

Fog filling a glacial valley.

The bow of the RAINIER as it traverses the labyrinthine waterways of SE Alaska.

A maritime El Capitan in the Rudyerd Bay area.

Looking astern on the NOAA Ship RAINIER to a maritime El Capitan in the Rudyerd Bay area.

A whole school of waterfalls running to the sea.

Dancing waterfalls, grey cliffs and evergreens at the edge of the sea.

NOAA Ship RAINIER survey launch AR3 dwarfed in the magnificence of the Rudyerd Bay area. A great place to go to work.

A ribbon of cloud draped across a glacial valley in the Rudyerd Bay area.