On our third day honeymoonin’ we cruised into Glacier Bay National Park. What a treat! This place is just phenomenally gorgeous! Our cruise ship inched, just barely moving, past three amazing glaciers. Our captain was able to get us really close to them and we stood out on deck in the blistering wind (apparently we entered a wind tunnel along the way!), frigid temperatures, and icy drizzle to soak in the majesty and beauty of the glaciers. The captain turned the ship several times so we could all have the best view possible and bask in the presence of their awesomeness for a few hours. We even got to see them calve! The whole Glacier Bay route of the cruise is eerily silent and very still so when the glacier calves and breaks off into the water, the long rumbling sound is thunderous and absolutely roars as it echos across all the mountains. It’s totally otherworldly and everyone stands quietly, hardly breathing and utterly captivated, waiting to see where the ice will break off from when it crashes into the icy water with a mighty splash. The sound is so epic my description cannot do it any respect or justice. And the glaciers have so many beautiful cuts and unique shades of blue in them. They are truly awesome. Glacier Bay alone was worth the entire cruise.
As always, click to enlarge (and to see all the wonderful detail, I’d suggest that you do). The black covering some of them is volcanic ash.
Incredible, no?
