{"id":22551,"date":"2014-09-23T11:27:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T18:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=22551"},"modified":"2014-09-24T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T23:58:23","slug":"day-248-at-sea-on-the-way-to-hubbard-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=22551","title":{"rendered":"Day 248: At Sea, on the Way to Hubbard Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We crossed the Gulf of Alaska again to see Hubbard Glacier. \u00c2\u00a0On the way, early in the morning, just as every morning, the crew washes everything down to try to get the salt off. \u00c2\u00a0The hoses are stored in those nice benches you see on the left, with the MS Amsterdam carved in relief on the back.<\/p>\n

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Inside, there was some self-portraiture going on.<\/p>\n

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At the Buffet there was watermelon carving…no giant butter sculpture like on our first cruise!<\/p>\n

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Across the Gulf we found ourselves in a long bay that narrowed substantially as you got near the glacier. \u00c2\u00a0You can see where we are heading.<\/p>\n

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There are\u00c2\u00a0three\u00c2\u00a0glaciers up Yakutat Bay: on the left is Haenke and Turner Glaciers, forming a very dirty glacier where it meets the water. \u00c2\u00a0On the right, ahead of the Ship, is Hubbard Glacier. \u00c2\u00a0Mount St. Elias, ahead in the clouds, is 18,008 feet high. \u00c2\u00a0The bay turns into Disenchantment Bay in there somewhere, with Russell Fjord off to the right.<\/p>\n

(Four photo panorama: click to enlarge; BACK to return!)<\/p>\n

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As you can see, it was raining. \u00c2\u00a0Of the starboard side is the rest of Hubbard Glacier<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0It is still advancing, and a few years ago it hit the promontory there on the right side. \u00c2\u00a0The water filled in Russell Fjord behind it creating a lake.<\/a> \u00c2\u00a0It seems to come and go a bit.<\/p>\n

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A map of Hubbard Glacier.<\/p>\n

\"Hubbard_Glacier_Alaska_Map\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the Amsterdam’s sister ship, the Oosterdam, on a nicer day…<\/p>\n

(Holland America photo)<\/p>\n

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And a four photo panorama of Hubbard Glacier. \u00c2\u00a0Yup. \u00c2\u00a0Still raining!<\/p>\n

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BTW, if you follow the curve of Hubbard Glacier it is about six miles across the front, and 300 to 400 feet high, \u00c2\u00a0There is that much still under the water where we can’t see it.<\/p>\n

Gulls on ice…<\/p>\n

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And a few Harbor Seals on the rocks.<\/p>\n

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And interesting clouds up a side valley.<\/p>\n

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There is More to Come from Hubbard Glacier! \u00c2\u00a0And to pass the time, here is a short film on approaching the Glacier ion a nicer day than we had. \u00c2\u00a0Stop motion on a Canon G9.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/vimeo.com\/1456878<\/a><\/p>\n

~Curtis in Alaska! {!-{><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We crossed the Gulf of Alaska again to see Hubbard Glacier. \u00c2\u00a0On the way, early in the morning, just as every morning, the crew washes everything down to try to get the salt off. \u00c2\u00a0The hoses are stored in those nice benches you see on the left, with the MS Amsterdam carved in relief on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,17,16,33,5,43,8,40,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaska-cruise-2014","category-food","category-inspiration","category-landscapes","category-on-the-road","category-pad-2014","category-photography","category-weather","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22551"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22579,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551\/revisions\/22579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}