One of six glaciers in College Bay, all named after Ivy League schools. I can't remember the name of the one above, but it turned out to be one of the smaller ones. The quality of the picture is not the result of poor pictorial technique or the photographer's skill, but the fog that plagued us all day. This was the clearest part of the day.
Of course, the glaciers were "calving", or dropping chunks into the bay. Here's a pic of one that we got near. The blue of the ice is the result of the glacier compacting the snow of many years to a hardness that causes it to absorb all of the color spectrum except this shade of blue:
The highlight of the Bay, and indeed the day, was the Harvard Glacier, about 1/2 mile wide and easily twice as high as the Ship.
Just a small section of the Harvard Glacier showing one of the the clean parts (the center) of the glacier.Here's what the edge (the part in contact with the bottom or side of the valleys) looks like:
The above also shows in the background the source of the glacier up in the mountains.Below, a closer look at the face of the glacier. Notice the blue of the ice and the many cracks and fissures where the ice will eventually fall off into the bay:
About 7:30 we turned to leave the bay. Here's what the rest of the day looked like:
Tomorrow is promised to be more clear as we enter the famous Glacier Bay. Let's hope so!
A couple good news/bad news items. First, we're only about 150 feet and up one flight of stairs from the 24 hour buffet! Second, the food quality is sub-Golden Corral!
(I've been copying the texts of these postings from original emails. I never completed the second good news/bad news item and cannot remember what it might have been!)
More when we can!
MMG and DDG
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