{"id":4031,"date":"2014-09-06T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2014-09-06T06:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T10:00:49","slug":"kenai-peninsula-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/kenai-peninsula-2\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Kenai Peninsula (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Still near Homer, the next day we decide to flight over the Harding Icefield, one of the giant icefields that covers the southern Alaska. We chose a small seaplane and to fly between 7:30 and 8.30 PM hoping for a nice light.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. As soon as we take off, we can see some first glaciers.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2116b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2116b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2116b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2116b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2116b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2116b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. Fifteen minutes later, we fly over the Harding Icefield : almost 70 miles long and more than 30 miles wide!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2141b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2141b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2141b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2141b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2141b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2141b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. Large glaciers go in all directions.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2135b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2135b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2135b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2135b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2135b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2135b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. Besides the pilot, Mino doesn&rsquo;t loose a crumb of the show.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2131b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2131b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2131b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2131b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2131b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2131b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. Some light gaps offer me nice views&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2144b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2144b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2144b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2144b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2144b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2144b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n6. Motionless cascade&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2146b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2146b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2146b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2146b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2146b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2146b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n7. On the way back to Beluga Lake, our \u00ab\u00a0sea strip\u00a0\u00bb, we flew over an island, refuge for thousands of birds.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2159b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2159b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2159b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2159b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2159b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2159b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n8. We leave Kachemak Bay at sunset&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2174b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2174b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2174b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2174b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2174b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2174b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n9. &#8230; with a beautiful view of Kodiak Island in the distance&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2176b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2176b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2176b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2176b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2176b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2176b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n10. &#8230; to find a wild place in the dunes, near Anchor Point.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2177b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2177b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2177b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2177b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2177b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2177b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n11. Sunset over Cook Inlet and Iliamna volcano; there are worse places to sleep, isn&rsquo;t it? \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2182b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2182b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2182b\" width=\"477\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2182b.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2182b-73x100.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2182b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n12. The moon also goes to sleep near the volcano island Augustin&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2195b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2195b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2195b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2195b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2195b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2195b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n13. An air of Mount Fuji, isn&rsquo;t it? But it&rsquo;s another volcano: Mount Redoubt.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2198b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2198b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2198b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2198b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2198b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2198b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n14. Going North to Anchorage, little detour toWhittier and short stop at Portage Lake, a beautiful glacier lake.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2202b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2202b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2202b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2202b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2202b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2202b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n15. Whittier harbour, at the bottom of a fjord in Prince William Sound.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2204b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2204b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2204b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2204b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2204b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2204b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n16. While seeking for a place to camp&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2208b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2208b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2208b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2208b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2208b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2208b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n17. Late afternoon in the mountains&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2211b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2211b.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC2211b\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2211b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2211b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/DSC2211b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAfter this brief jaunt to the Kenai, we&rsquo;re back in Anchorage awaiting a response to a possible change of Mino&rsquo;s return flight that could allow us to stay longer to explore this beautiful Alaska. We will keep you in touch in the next update! \ud83d\ude00<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still near Homer, the next day we decide to flight over the Harding Icefield, one of the giant icefields that covers the southern Alaska. We chose a small seaplane and to fly between 7:30 and 8.30 PM hoping for a nice light. &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. As soon as we take<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/kenai-peninsula-2\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[492],"tags":[1019,572,512,566,573,571,47],"class_list":["post-4031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaska-en","tag-alaska-en","tag-flying","tag-glacier-en","tag-kenai-en","tag-moon","tag-plane","tag-sunset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}