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Patches of blue in the sky, reflections of fishing boats in the harbor, and a fragment of a rainbow was the foundation for our day of cultural exploration in Daajing Giids on Haida Gwaii. The Haida Heritage Center, nestled on the shoreline of Alliford Bay, is a testament to the cultural richness and tenacity of the Haida people. In the afternoon, we walked up to, and for some of us, around the lake on the Spirit Lake trail. The rains held off during our walks and we enjoyed our stroll through the temperate rainforest, sans the rain.
Today we had an incredible time on what our expedition leader called, “The mobile academy of learning and exploration.” We had four inspiring presentations by our natural history staff as well as watched a movie on local Kwakwaka’wakw totem carver, Beau Dick. In between learning about our environment, we searched for wildlife on the bow, finding the second largest whale in the world, fin whales. We finished our day with specialty cocktails and appetizers before having a delicious dinner prepared by our galley team.