Look below to see the specific additional logging requirements for claiming this Virtual Cache. To maintain the integrity of this Virtual Cache, finds without the supporting photo will be deleted after 3 days.
In Icy Strait Point, you can also enjoy the Adventure Lab: "Needful Things in Icy Strait Point, Alaska." One of the 5 stages is located right here at Kéet Plaza.
In June of 2021, this monumental bronze statue of a 26-foot high breaching orca was dedicated here on Keet Plaza in Icy Strait Point. The sculpture was created by the well-known marine artist and conservationist, Wyland, and is titled "Orca Dream." It was placed here in partnership with the artist and Norwegian Cruise Line, and it was a gift from the cruise line to the Huna Totem shareholders. (Huna Totem is owned by approximately 1400 Alaska Native shareholders with aboriginal ties to Hoonah and the Glacier Bay area. This group wholly owns and operates Icy Strait Point.)
"Orca Dream" by Wyland in Icy Strait Point, Alaska
This is "Whaling Wall #101," a mural by Wyland which features the V-Pod, four orcas named for Eddie Vedder and his family. If you visit the Seattle waterfront before or after an Alaskan cruise, you can view this mural on the north side of the Edgewater Hotel on Elliott Bay.
Needful Things refers to a series of geocaches in West Seattle, Washington, with words and assets designed to please geocachers who enjoy challenge caches. The terrain here might normally be considered a T5, since most folks must take a boat to get to Chichagof Island, but then it's not like you paddled that boat yourself, right? Thus, a T4 rating is justified and this Virtual Reward meets the Needful Things prime objective.
Virtual Cache Logging Requirements
To claim the smiley on this Virtual Reward Cache, please go ashore to the posted coordinates and get a photo of yourself near the "Orca Dream" sculpture, or get a photo of the "Orca Dream" sculpture showing either your "thumbs-up" or your caching device or trackable nearby and in plain view. Post this photo with your Found It log.
Please double check to ensure that your photo actually posted with your Found It log. Finds not meeting the photo criteria will be deleted after 3 days. If finders lack the phone reception needed to post the photo, please wait until after the cruise to claim the find.
In Icy Strait Point, also enjoy the Adventure Lab: "Needful Things in Icy Strait Point, Alaska."
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.