Pictures with a Story

Dear Em Ci Twin and friends,

Here's my entry for this week's theme of Glacier/Iceberg, I mean 

travelogue pics with a story (how's that for killing all the birds with

the same post? :-))

The first photo is of Mendenhall glacier in Juneau -the capital of Alaska,

which thought it was Anchorage until now :-)  




The 2nd photo is a close up of Mendenhall ice face, seracs, crevasses

 and calves (icebergs). For curious Gorge(tte)s, glaciers are non-moving

entirely above water level) formation and icebergs (which on the

average only 10% exposed abover water) are floating calves.

There is a beautiful waterfall near the glacier so if you do visit, 

don't forget to take the Nugget falls trail to get there, we unfortunately 

didn't have enough time to hike up onto the glacier which supposedly 

could be done via yet another trail.

The 3rd and 4th photo are of Tracy Arm Fjord where you can see more calves

floating serenely in the water 

The 5th and 6th photo are closeup of icebergs ... some bluer than others.

And last but not least, the Sawyer Glacier which the ship was able to get

real close to. The captain had a small crew go down and bring back a

block of the 10,000 year old ice which some of us had a taste of ... well

whatever their stuck tongue (yuk !) can taste of the ice (double yuk! :-))

More on Alaska other attractions later :-)

BT