Trees soar toward the sky in the Tongass National Forest near Ketchikan, Alaska.

Alan Morris stood in the Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Alan Morris stood in the Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska.

The tour guide who took us on a march through the Tongass National Forest.

Alan Morris in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. In the background, you can see a stream running through the forest.

Stream running through the Tongass National Forest that salmon can be seen during the salmon season.

Under this path through the forest, it is very boggy. The bears walk across this without sinking.

Stream running through Tongass National Forest, Alaska. This is one spot where bears can be seen catching salmon during the salmon season.

Alan Morris stood on a platform next to a spot where bears can be seen catching salmon, during salmon season, in the Tongass National Forest.

A tree fallen across a stream in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

This Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage, was growing along the path in Tongass National Forest. It is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America. Bruised leaves present an odour reminiscent of skunk.

Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Alan Morris in the Tongass National Forest, Ketchikan, Alaska. Is it just me, or does the tree stump in the background look like a bear?

Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage, growing in Tongass National Forest.

A fallen tree casting a reflection in the water it is lying across in Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

Ketchikan is in the distance as the NCL Spirit leaves the port.

Alan Morris on the NCL Spirit as it leaves Ketchikan, Alaska.

Ketchikan as the NCL Spirit sails towards Canada.