We spent almost two weeks in Glacier Bay, a wonderland of ice and fiords and wildlife.
With no parade of cruise ships this year, we were usually alone as we explored one of the planet's most extraordinary places, enhancing its feeling of magic. (We weren't always by ourselves; many thanks to Marlene Reasoner of SV Trance, who took the photo above.)
This post contains more images than usual, but we felt so overwhelmed by the surroundings that we couldn't resist trying to preserve the experience...
Blue Mouse Cove
Johns Hopkins Inlet
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| Lamplugh Glacier |
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| Navigating through bergy bits the first time |
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| Johns Hopkins Glacier |
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| Floes near the glacier were littered with seals |
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| Topeka Glacier, largely receded |
Reid Inlet
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The only place where one can anchor overnight near a glacier...
...and actually walk on one |
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John Muir Inlet
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| From the anchorage at Goose Cove, |
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| we drove to upper John Muir Inlet |
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Riggs Glacier, also greatly receded
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40 years ago the John Muir Glacier reached the sea,
and the inlet was clogged with ice |
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| Glacier ice... |
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...put to good use:
gin & tonics at latitude 59 N |
Tarr Inlet
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| Margerie Glacier |
Context: the glacier face is several stories high; it's the same glacier as the opening photo
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