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Day 254

Friday, September 26, 2014

~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 253

Friday, September 26, 2014

An ice fall, or calving, in motion. Sorry about the jerk after the first frame… ~Curtis in alaska! {!-{>

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Day 252

Friday, September 26, 2014

One of the ice fall frames from the animation in the next post…that chunk is probably 175 high… ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 251: Big Calving!

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Calving at the Russell Fjord end of the Glacier! That chunk of ice behind the splash is about 200 feet high… * ** *** ** * That is a bigger splash that the whales made! ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 250: At the Glacier’s face

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The face of Hubbard Glacier, the largest tidewater (runs directly into the ocean) glacier on the North American continent.  It is 300-400 feet high and six miles across the face. A bit of calving. Russell Fjord, where the action is… ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 249: At the Glaciers

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Turner and Haenke Glaciers on the left; Hubbard Glacier on the right. (Five photo panorama: click to enlarge; BACK to return!) ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 248: At Sea, on the Way to Hubbard Glacier

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

We crossed the Gulf of Alaska again to see Hubbard Glacier.  On the way, early in the morning, just as every morning, the crew washes everything down to try to get the salt off.  The hoses are stored in those nice benches you see on the left, with the MS Amsterdam carved in relief on […]

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Day 247: Kodiak in the Rain!

Saturday, September 20, 2014

(I have seen photos of the sun there, so they must get it once or twice a decade, at least…) A three photo panorama coming into the Kodiak Harbor. We took the bus into town.  It seems like using school busses in the summer to get people from the ships to town and back is […]

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Day 246: Homer, part 3

Friday, September 19, 2014

A three photo panorama: click to enlarge; BACK to return! ~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{>

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Day 244: Homer, part 1

Friday, September 19, 2014

Homer.  It drizzled.  And there were lots and lots of seagulls. * ** *** Those big black round things are bumper pads for the ships…BIG shock absorbers! Untying. ** This is the end of the Spit at Homer. (A three photo panorama: click to enlarge; BACK to return!) Lots of wildlife in the sea! Rafts […]

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