Icy Bay 13.8.2022
13/08/22 15:46
Good morning
And that despite the fact it's very dull outside, but so far dry and no wind.
so let's see how that develops during the day.
A bit a day of rest. Clouds are very low and one can't even see the shore line. A bit of rain as well.
The forecast says that around the time we are going on our glacier excursion the rain would stop. Hope is everything.
I attended a lecture "The Secret Lives of Glaciers - How Glaciers Form, Grow and Flow" this morning which was very informative and set the scene to what we are hopefully able to see this afternoon. We learned how glaciers are actually forming, why they the colours they have, how they grow and why they recede. Apparently there is at this point in time only glacier on this earth ( in Patagonia ) which is still growing. All the others are receding.
I spent the morning reading a book 📕 about a local policemen in Sitka ( the town we stopped yesterday and where I bought the book ).
Very funny with hilarious characters.
Finally we entered the Icy Bay and the first floating ice appeared in the water, getting bigger the further we went into the fjord until we reached the end where through the mist and rain one could see the glacier ice floating into the water.
Some of the "ice bergs" almost black incorporation lots of stones and silt whilst others this fantastic cobalt blue. Stunning.
The outside temperature has dropped quite a bit in comparison to yesterday: 13 C. Fortunately I prepared for that with a thick sweatshirt.
Will I participate in the zodiac excursion later this afternoon ? At this point in time a definitive maybe !
The "maybe" changed into a "no". Why? Heavy rain, almost no visibility. Alternative program for me: whilst sitting in a comfy chair in the explorer lounge a nice cup of coffee and a piece of poundcake with an outside view of the passing little glaciers.
The day finished with a lecture about tomorrows program.
Some pictures of todays endeavors your can find here and to track my tour click here
And that despite the fact it's very dull outside, but so far dry and no wind.
so let's see how that develops during the day.A bit a day of rest. Clouds are very low and one can't even see the shore line. A bit of rain as well.
The forecast says that around the time we are going on our glacier excursion the rain would stop. Hope is everything.
I attended a lecture "The Secret Lives of Glaciers - How Glaciers Form, Grow and Flow" this morning which was very informative and set the scene to what we are hopefully able to see this afternoon. We learned how glaciers are actually forming, why they the colours they have, how they grow and why they recede. Apparently there is at this point in time only glacier on this earth ( in Patagonia ) which is still growing. All the others are receding.
I spent the morning reading a book 📕 about a local policemen in Sitka ( the town we stopped yesterday and where I bought the book ).
Very funny with hilarious characters.
Finally we entered the Icy Bay and the first floating ice appeared in the water, getting bigger the further we went into the fjord until we reached the end where through the mist and rain one could see the glacier ice floating into the water.
Some of the "ice bergs" almost black incorporation lots of stones and silt whilst others this fantastic cobalt blue. Stunning.
The outside temperature has dropped quite a bit in comparison to yesterday: 13 C. Fortunately I prepared for that with a thick sweatshirt.
Will I participate in the zodiac excursion later this afternoon ? At this point in time a definitive maybe !
The "maybe" changed into a "no". Why? Heavy rain, almost no visibility. Alternative program for me: whilst sitting in a comfy chair in the explorer lounge a nice cup of coffee and a piece of poundcake with an outside view of the passing little glaciers.
The day finished with a lecture about tomorrows program.
Some pictures of todays endeavors your can find here and to track my tour click here
