Margerie Glacier

This is sort of an odd photo to start with,

but it was the first chunk of ice in the water

that we saw from the ship.

It's that little tiny thing in the center of the photo.

Here's some more.

The one and only sea otter I spotted.

Trading places with the other cruise ship.

They had gone to the Margerie Glacier before us.

Bits of glacier ice floating by.

Margerie Glacier.

The Margerie Glacier is about 

one mile wide, with an ice face

 that is about 250 feet high

 above the waterline,

 and a base about 100 feet below sea level.

Ice burg at the side. 

Waterfall runoff from the glacier.

Clouds are hanging low.  

Wow!

Can you believe it?

One of the Glacier Bay National Park Rangers

is onboard to provide commentary 

about the park and the glaciers.

The rangers were picked up at the entrance

to Glacier Bay about 6 that morning.

There were also a couple manning

a  display booth and doing talks

on the top deck.

There were souvenirs for sale as well. 

The rangers were later disembarked at

2:30 when we left  the park.

We were allowed to stay in front of the 

Glacier for an hour and 15 minutes.

The ship stops with it's port side facing

the glacier and then slowly turns around

in the bay to let the starboard side

balcony guests  to get

their up close views of the glacier.

It's good to be up on the top deck

to see everything from both sides.

It was spectacular.

There are no words 

that would suffice to say

how beautiful it was.

All of these photos are straight from

the camera.  There's no touch ups

of any kind except to straighten the photos

in the ones that show the waterline.

 I've learned through this series

of photo's from the cruise that

I must hold the camera

 at a crooked angle 95% of the time.

It's something I'm going to have to 

consciously work on correcting.