The runway at Prince Rupert airport is somehow isolated. Vancouver Centre clears us for the ILS approach and passes us to Terrace Radio (a station, far away from the airfield). We have to search for a parking bay ourselves.  No problem because there is plenty of space available.

On our question for customs clearance we get the information: if nobody shows up within a few minutes leave the airplane. Nevertheless, for safety's sake we contact customs via satellite phone. Customs has no time for us. Instead, we must write a transmitted reference number on a piece of paper which we then have to put in our passports. Done – we have immigrated to Canada.

The second surprise: in contrary to our planning documents there is no AVGAS on this airport. Luckily the gas station attendant in Anchorage had misheard and filled our aircraft up to the limits. The remaining amount of 250 liters gives us now enough range of action.

Surprise number three: Prince Rupert Airport lies on Kaien Iceland – the airport on Digby Island. There is no connecting bridge between both; only twice per day a ferry operates and transfers coaches and a luggage transporter on behalf of Air Canada for a regional commuter. In the morning at 8:30 o’clock and in the evening at 8:00 o’clock. We have no options, so we have to wait until evening and mingle among the arriving passengers to get to our hotel.

„Tell everybody it rained all the time, because we have a reputation to lose“. In the region with mostly rain during this time of the year we now have sunshine. We thought in Alaska we have seen wildlife - maybe we were wrong. A true paradise for wild animals is the 44,300 square kilometer Khutzeymateen National Park. A park where Grizzly bears are specially protected. Secure of hunters they "graze" on the shores of the fjords. 80% of her food is of vegetarian origin. With a lot of patience one can observe from the boat.
In contrast, the bald eagles appear almost as numerously as gulls. They jointly go hunting after fish. There is salmon and halibut in such big quantities that a group Orcas appears for a dinner