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| The Traveling Idiots and the Margerie Glacier |
It’s been five days since we set sail from Vancouver. Along our journey so far we’ve seen Orca and Humpback Whales, five black bears and three grizzles (brown bears) and more eagles, harbor seals and sea otters than we could possibly count. After spending a day in each of the ports of Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway we cruised Glacier Bay. The calm waters and low hanging fog over the surrounding mountains made for a spectacular backdrop for viewing the glaciers. The highlight of the five tidewater glaciers we saw today was the Margerie Glacier. It towers more than 250 feet above the surface of the water and is more than a mile wide. Although it is extremely impressive in size it makes up just a small portion of the landscape of this incredible area of Alaska.
http://www.alaska.org/detail/margerie-glacier
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| Cruising into Glacier Bay |
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| Johns Hopkins Glacier- The guy who discovered it named it after his alma mater. |
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| Margerie Glacier-250 Feet High, Over a mile wide and 150+ feet below the surface |
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| The three small dots along the shoreline are actually brown bears. A mom and two cubs. |
