We woke up this morning to a foggy, low overcast as we glided into Glacier Bay. 
Thankfully the overcast lifted enough to see the magnificent Margerie Glacier at the top of the inlet. She’s a beauty, her jagged 200-year old chunks jutting into the air as they approach the final edge of their trip down from the ice fields.
A tribe of seals was hanging out on a broken-off piece of glacier, waiting for something to happen.
A National Geographic boat loaded with sightseers waited, too.
Sure enough, Margerie emitted various cracks and thunders, and then she calved. That falling chunk was at least as big as a house!
On the way out of the bay we passed Lamplugh (“Lam-ploo”) Glacier at the mouth of the Johns Hopkins Inlet.
And we bid adieu to Glacier Bay, leaving it to its foggy quietude.
Oh yes, just outside the mouth of the bay I spotted the distinctive dorsal fin of a Minke whale, and later the tail of a humpback in the distance, but I was too surprised to catch them on camera. Sorry.
Awesome pictures thank you for sharing them. Sorry you had to bury the fish in the roses.
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic. Wish I was there. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, Wife!
ReplyDeleteI thought you had bought stock photos, but nope you saw it with your own eyes. Someday I will too.
Wow, those glaciers inspire awe. Hope you were far away from the house-sized chunk of ice!
ReplyDeleteHave fun with your folks.
Oh, I want to visit here someday! What an experience!
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