Post by grizz1 on Dec 20, 2013 11:12:35 GMT -5
As we traveled across Alaska we visited Glacier Bay NP by ship, it was cold, rainy, and of course ice every where but so was the wildlife. For a person that has lived right in the middle of the US all my life it was amazing to once again see the Glaciers and how the animals and birds are adapted to this cold climate, they are quite comfortable.
Seals by the hundreds resting on the floating ice.
I got several pics of this Seal as we slowly went through the icebergs, didn't bother him at all.
A tide water Glacier as it reaches the bay.
We cruised past many Glaciers giving me different angles to take pics of them. Some glacier ice can be hundreds of years old by the time it reaches the Sea, sorry that I do not have the names of these recorded but I couldn't keep up with taking pics, looking around and listening to the Ranger as they described what we were seeing.
Zoomed in on the ice in this shot.
The passage in some areas is narrow for large ships, bet it would be awesome in a kayak and we did see a couple at one point, brave folks IMO.
Some of the Glaciers have beautiful blue colors reflecting through them, my understanding is because of the density of the ice, purity or lack of silt, rock etc. and the Sun shining makes the blue color pop out even more.
As close as we got to a wall of ice, still probably close to a mile away. Although I've zoomed quite a bit on this shot as the Glacier was calving it gives one an idea of how large they are once you get close to them. Some we saw had 120 foot tall walls of ice at their face as they reached the Sea. Often more ice is actually under water then what you can see.
Seals by the hundreds resting on the floating ice.
I got several pics of this Seal as we slowly went through the icebergs, didn't bother him at all.
A tide water Glacier as it reaches the bay.
We cruised past many Glaciers giving me different angles to take pics of them. Some glacier ice can be hundreds of years old by the time it reaches the Sea, sorry that I do not have the names of these recorded but I couldn't keep up with taking pics, looking around and listening to the Ranger as they described what we were seeing.
Zoomed in on the ice in this shot.
The passage in some areas is narrow for large ships, bet it would be awesome in a kayak and we did see a couple at one point, brave folks IMO.
Some of the Glaciers have beautiful blue colors reflecting through them, my understanding is because of the density of the ice, purity or lack of silt, rock etc. and the Sun shining makes the blue color pop out even more.
As close as we got to a wall of ice, still probably close to a mile away. Although I've zoomed quite a bit on this shot as the Glacier was calving it gives one an idea of how large they are once you get close to them. Some we saw had 120 foot tall walls of ice at their face as they reached the Sea. Often more ice is actually under water then what you can see.