Glacier Bay
Our cruise ship spent a day traveling through the 5,000 square mile Glacier bay National Park and Preserve.
Here come the park rangersThe Alaskan coast guard brought the Glacier Bay park rangers to our cruise ship.
Good Morning Glacier BayWe spent the day cruising through the waters of this bay. When first explored by naturalist John Muir, the water we were in was all glacier. It's been melting.
Tour GuidesThese park ranges served as our tour guides, giving their talks and pointing things out via the ship-wide public address system.
LaterThey'll return in the evening to take the rangers and Native American entertainers back home.
Seal? No a sea otter.Something in the water.
ScenicGlacier bay is all about the scenic views.
ViewsWe have a bunch of beautiful pictures here, that speak for themselves.
Mist
Adam's AwakeKeep in mind that everything up until now has been before 8 AM. (I forget the exact time.)
Peaks
Glacier mountain and blue water
Streaks
Wispy Clouds
Forest
Taking in the views
Bears!
GrizzlyThe best way to encounter a grizzly bear, is with a mile of water between you and them.
Mountain goats
Black Glacier
Glacier filled with silt
Glacier stream
Glacier peakThis is a repeated theme of Glacier Bay.
Rock and Ice
Son, this will all be yours.
Baaa
Reflection
Ice River
Thar She Flows!
Jagged
Streak
Ripple
A glacier over the aft deck
Green water
Glacier
Passage
White
Ice Top
Streaming to the bay
Chunky
Icy peaks and water
Yet Another Glacier
Another tour boat
Water was full of chunks
Spikes
Tour shipHere's some scale. That ship is two decks high above the main deck.
Silt & Ice
YAG
Fortress of Solitude
EntranceLooks inviting, but it can collapse at any moment.
Little Tour BoatNot really all that little, but noticed these things were a lot closer than our giant cruise ship would get.
Glacier Pass
Glacier wall
Still a Glacier
More Glacier
What's the place named for?GLACIERS
Another view
Up CloseDon't be fooled by the zoom lens, that boat is about ten times closer than we are.
Ice Streak
White Mountain
It Was Cold
Our view at lunch
Black GlacierThis one picked up a lot of silt/soil, thus the dark color.
MonkeyAnother cruise ship towel miracle!
Dancing With The Stars At SeaWe were the final six contestants on stage for Dancing With The Stars At Sea. The young lady won; she probably tried the least yet performed the best.