We boarded the ship in Seward
and sailed to College Fjord, arriving the next morning.
Each glacier in this Fjord is
named after a college, hence the name.
Doh !
We arrived at College Fjord at about 6 AM so I was up on deck
at about 6:30. It was windy and cold but the excitement, plus a hot
cup of coffee seemed to make it toasty warm.
This is the largest of the glaciers
in College Fjord, Harvard Glacier.
Those black lines are called
moraines, caused by two or more glaciers joining.
Notice how this one has 3 moraines
because it was formed by 4 glaciers joining.
Look up beyond the glacier and
you can see the four that formed it.
By the way, Harvard glacier
is a mile and a half wide.
Very deceiving.
To our left is Yale glacier.
See the single moraine? You got it !
Sue joined me first, followed
by Pam. Here they are with the ship a little
closer to Harvard glacier
That front wall, about equal
to the stack on that ship, is 250 feet high.
I'm not talking about the high
point you see, I mean the front wall,
just a little higher than that
ship's stack.
We saw a lot of this.
People just staring ...and staring...quietly
amazed at the beauty of it all.
Everywhere you looked was a photo
op
After about an hour with the
ship just sitting there, it was finally time to leave.
It's even beautiful in black
and white
