August 24, 2018 Part I
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 August 24, 2018 100 years ago -- Kent and Rockie arrive in Seward aboard the Admiral Farragut. They probably had made brief stops at Cordova, and later Valdez in Prince William Sound. As they crossed the Gulf of Alaska, Kent and Rocky stood on deck and viewed the scenery. It was late in the season, but it still stayed light enough for them to see the coastal mountain ranges and the blows and tails of some Pacific Humpback Whales. Most of the Humpbacks would soon begin their long migration to Hawaiian waters to mate and give birth – but those between breeding seasons and some too young or too old stayed the winter. The Kents may have seen the dorsal fins of killer whales or Dall’s Porpoise. In those open waters, sooty shearwaters flap, flap glided inside and out of the wave troughs, and black-legged kittiwakes may have followed the ship. On their way to Seward the Kents saw real w...