By no means the first person to visit this picturesque natural harbor, James Cook sailed into what later would be known as Cook Inlet in 1778 on his third voyage aboard the HMS Resolution. After several attempts to sail through the Bering Strait, Cook ultimately failed to complete his primary task of locating the fabled northwest passage. In the process, however, he did become the first navigator to accurately map the extent of the Alaskan coastline. Cook eventually abandoned his efforts in Alaska in 1779 and returned to Hawaii for what would prove to be his final visit to the "tropical paradise". Following hostile tensions between his crew and the Hawaiians, on February 14th Cook was struck in the back of the head and stabbed to death on a beach in Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii. Our visit to Cook Inlet is a brief one as well, on our way to Seward for the weekend, and hopefully will end with less stabbing. Although a visit to Hawaii would be nice.
Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + 1.4x, ISO-800 f/9 @ 1/1250 sec.
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