Sunday, June 19, 2022

19 June 2022 Coastal Alaska Ice Bergs and Whale Watching

 



The ship left the inside passage some time last night and the seas picked up.  Leslie changed her patch and got some relief.  A few tums helped me keep my composure.  We slept in and had room service bring us breakfast.  That was fortunate since we arrived at the Hubbard glacier early around 7 AM and we could watch the glacier without leaving the suite for breakfast.  Hubbard glacier is 400 feet tall and has some six miles of contact with the water in this fjord.  



Dall's Porpoise 


They swam with us and then gave an excited squeak and then they were gone


We heard a few clunkers hit the hull


It was cold, as you might imagine


Lots of ice in the bay


Orca Berg


The stories that the layers could tell us


Play the grooves like a vinal record and sing with the glacier


Deep in the Glacial face


Suggestive of something...


Any second this entire 400 feet of ice could collapse


Fog hung thick


The face of the elders in the mountain


A bit of green in this frozen place


Eerie blue color


The blue seal


Got the Blues


Gem Stone Berg


Thick with sea ice


So many dark bergs that look like seals


Another ship arrives as we leave








Day 12 of our Migration