Alaska Cruise
July 2014

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Glacier Bay (6:30am to 4pm) (afternoon split pea soup on deck)

Fitbit stats:
To bed: 12:03 am, Got up: 7:22 am (6:57 asleep)
Steps: 4,944 (2.32 miles)
Floors: 14

We arrived at Glacier Bay in the morning and made our way up toward Margerie Glacier at the far end of the bay.

Reid Glacier

traveling up Tarr Inlet

heading toward Margerie Glacier

sea otters

Kim's photo

Margerie Glacier calves directly into the water. Currently it is stable -- neither losing nor gaining ground.

Arriving at Margerie Glacier

Photos from Cousin Kim

	eagle

We spent about 75 minutes at Margerie Glacier.

Photos from Cousin Kim

I have two videos posted on YouTube of the glacier calving: Video #1 (18s) and Video #2 (23s).
Basically I filmed 30-60 second segments, then deleted them if nothing had happened. But after awhile, my arms got tired from holding the phone up above everyone's heads to get a clear shot of the glacier, so I only got two decent videos and I missed a much more impressive one that happened a bit later.

Video #1 screengrab

Video #2 screengrab

Video #2 screengrab

Kim managed to catch one of the bigger calvings (barely).

Calving Glacier *28s video (7MB)*

video screengrab

video screengrab

More photos from Cousin Kim

Tarr Inlet

Final photos (taken by Kim) of Margerie Glacier as we headed back down Tarr Inlet.


Tarr Inlet - heading south toward Lamplugh Glacier

Lamplugh Glacier
Photos from Cousin Kim

Then we headed toward Johns Hopkins Glacier. We weren't allowed as close to it as we were to Margerie due to nesting birds around the glacier that would be disturbed.

Mount Cooper

Kim's photo
	Kim's photo	Kim's photo

Johns Hopkins Glacier
Photos from Cousin Kim

Topeka Glacier

And back past Lamplugh Glacier on our way out of Glacier Bay...

Kim's photo

Kim's photo

Photos from Cousin Kim

glacier melt meets ocean

Leaving Glacier Bay and saying goodbye to the Coast Guard who was our tour guide for the trip.