Sunrise May 16th
4:30am the Alaskan sunrise was beautiful
The mountains seemed to meet the clouds
It kept getting better
and better until it was glorious!
The sun reflected off of everything
around the early morning solitary ship
It showed the mountains behind the mountains
and a rain storm playing in the distance
but finally we had "lift off"
and the day began in earnest.
Hubbard Glacier - Pilot
The first order of business
was the arrival
of the Hubbard Glacier pilot. As they
say on the London subways: "Mind the gap!"
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That first step's a doozie! |
 
And then we headed for the glacier!
Navigators Lounge
People had already started gathering
in the Navigators Lounge
looking for signs of the glacier
and signs of aquatic life
Is that a sea lion?
Nope, just some dirty ice
more and more ice appeared
meaning the glacier wasn't far now
What that in the water?
It looks like a whale!
Thar she blows!
Ice
and mountains
and the then the Hubbard glacier
Big chunks of ice had calved
as we go closer
and closer
 
There was another glacier on the left called the Turner Glacier
but we were heading for Hubbard
And ice was everywhere!
Let's go outside and see it! Hubbard
And there was cracking and popping as the ice fell off the
front of glacier and ground together.
 
Ice Textures
 
The ice had different
textures
and colors
some even had round holes in it
Goodbye to Hubbard
We followed the ice flow back out
past the burnt valley
and the beacon on the point
beautiful scenery also
and took one look back
at two glaciers
Turner in the center and Hubbard on the right
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And then we headed for the glacier!
The ice had different
textures
some even had round holes in it
