It is true that a small-ship adventure turns the enormity of Alaska into an intimate experience. Yet when comparing truly wild experiences in the Great Land, Zegrahm holds the ace. Our Wild Alaska expedition visits more remote and unusual islands than any other expedition company, offering guests the rare chance to photograph brown bears digging for clams in Geographic Harbor; watch the world's nearly entire population of nesting red-legged kittiwakes; visit a welcoming Siberian Yupik community; and wander through ancient remnants of a meta-sequoia forest. They can even see Russia from their house—or at least, their cozy onboard suite—while visiting the Chukchi Peninsula.
Here, a head-to-head matchup:
PORTS OF CALL | ZEGRAHM EXPEDITIONS | Expedition Company A | Expedition Company B | Expedition Company C |
| King Island Home to thousands of auklets | ✔ | |||
| Provideniya, Russia Former Soviet military outpost with museum | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| St. Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik cultural performance in village of Savoonga | ✔ | |||
| Hall & St. Matthew Islands An ornithologist's paradise | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands 700,000 fur seals; world's largest Aleut community | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| St. George Island 98% of the world's nesting red-legged kittiwakes | ✔ | |||
| Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island / Baby Islands WWII relics; Alaska's oldest onion-domed Russian church; puffins galore | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Otter Cove, Unimak Island / High Island Only brown bear population in the Aleutians | ✔ | |||
| Unga Island, Shumagin Islands Ancient remnants of a meta-sequoia forest; whale watching | ✔ | |||
| Semidi Islands 2.5 million birds call these islands home | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Geographic Harbor, Katmai National Park & Reserve Brown bears digging for clams | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Kodiak, Kodiak Island Russian fur trading town with blue-domed Holy Resurrection Church, Alutiiq Museum | ✔ |
For more information on our upcoming expedition, visit our Wild Alaska trip page.
