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Voyage From Seattle to Alaska Amid Ash Clouds
A traveler recounts a Seattle departure aboard altered vessels toward Kodiak and Seward, enduring a violent storm and ash-filled skies. The voyage, with harsh seas near Cape St. Elias, ends in St Paul Harbor where ash covers the landscape and alters the mission grounds, while passengers reflect on the changed island.
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Wood Island
Seattle
Bertha
Kodi
Kodiak
Alameda
Seward
Gnaeska
Vaniver
B.C
Cape St. Elias
Estward
McMullen
Sung Bay
St. Paul’s Harbor
Pretty Island