A blustery day at the mouth of the Columbia River couldn’t stop us from enjoying the sights and opportunities for enrichment that abound! Guests of National Geographic Sea Bird visited Cape Disappointment, the Astoria Column, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, the Columbia River Maritime Museum for a fantastic day of discovery.
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Astoria, Oregon, 10/20/2024, National Geographic Sea Bird
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Kerri McAllister, Naturalist
Kerri is a passionate lifelong learner and educator who embraces the world as her classroom. She has worked extensively in international and environmental education around the globe. She is currently a professor at Unity Environmental University in M...
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