Glacier Bay
The rest of the cruise was a slight change of routine. After departing Skagway at 8:30 in the evening, we were aboard ship until the end of the cruise in Whittier. The next 2 days involved cruising in Glacier Bay NP and then in College Fiord, north of Whittier. Both involved up close and personal views of glaciers, as well as some pretty impressive wilderness.
Snowcapped Mountains, Glacier Bay
Glacier Bay National Park has the distinction of being the only U.S. National Park that is accessible only by air or water. Nearly all wilderness, there is one visitor center and a couple of reservation-only rustic guest cabins. While I have read much about kayaking in the park, the bay is huge and the water deep and cold. Such a visit would, in my view, take a particularly hardy soul.
Floating Glacial Ice, Glacier Bay
In the mouth of Glacier Bay, we were joined by National Park Service employees who came aboard for the day to educate us on the park. The waters in the bay are thousands of feet deep. We cruised from the mouth, all the way north to the Grand Pacific Glacier, some 65 miles!
Margerie Glacier
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Beautiful photos Andy and once again, I enjoyed the narrative to go along with them.
Carol: As always, thanks for the remarks. Looking forward to finally meeting you face to face in less than a month now!
You certainly experienced the wide range of habitats that Alaska has to offer Andy… nice shots.
Hey Mark: Thanks. From all the research I have done, we got to see alot and we got really lucky with the weather. It will be a trip I won’t soon forget. Its really been “a year.” The Spit Rock Lighthouse adventure is an awfully close second. And, I leave for a week in Vermont in only a few weeks!