This was a ‘sea-day’ for us although there was an excursion by Cunard’s rubber dingy’s that took folks right up to the glacier. We opted to stay on board a view from the safety of our cabin and deck.

Today we would detour deliberately to encounter the Hubbard Glacier. What a delight. We arrived in the area at 12noon and for the next two and half hours our ship would rotate to give both sides of the ship the same opportunity to view this magnificent natural wonder. Many took advantage of viewing from outside decks, us included. Rugged up it was cold but not raining, in fact the sun broke through several times.

There were times when we would view the glacier from our Stateroom (port side) and still the same view from our restaurant, situated on the starboard side.

The temp was 10-13° outside, not cold for us however we met lady from Arizona and she was really cold.

The sun was shining so the scenery reflected the sun off the ice and at water’s edge it was a soft translucent blue, really pretty, other parts were dirty white and even layers of black sediment, then the cliffs alongside the glaciers were covered in moss/lichen.
It would be a rock climbers paradise, the cliffs were jagged but vertical some peaks hidden by cloud, snow on top of others was visible.
The crevices between the mountains were ice filled so among the green vegetation sat channels of ice, it’s stunning.
I hope my photos do this landscape justice.
The water is greenish but not crystal clear like I imaged it would be.

Phil was rugged up and determined to watch the glacier from our balcony while I was seated inside at my desk with a view of the outside, working on my blog.

We turned our television on to the channel with a view from the bridge showing the scenery from the bow together with commentary from National Park Ranger who had joined the ship. She is very entertaining and informative, we are enjoyed the immensely.

There were other smaller glaciers along the inlet as we left so although it was a designated ‘sea day’ with these glaciers so close it was a great day to relax and just enjoy this part of the world.