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Traveler Japan to Thailand
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- Nov 19, 2023, 5:20 PM
- 🌙 -7 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Point Latouche 59.90189, -139.6509459°54’7” N 139°39’3” W
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Day 11
Two Sea Days
November 19, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 -7 °C
After a hectic week of visiting various ports it was very relaxing to have 2 days at sea. We were happy to laze around in our cabin reading in between toddling off for cocktails and meals. One thing we did manage to do on one of the sea days was a cooking class which we really enjoyed. The theme was the 5 tastes (sweet, sour etc) and applying it to your home cooking. And matching wines to enhance these tastes. More drinking and eating....Read more
Traveler Looks fun!
11/20/23Reply
Traveler Very much the part 👏
11/20/23Reply
Traveler Sounds fabulous! You’re rocking this cruising thing!
11/21/23Reply
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Traveler Japan to Thailand
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- Nov 19, 2023, 12:35 PM
- ⛅ -6 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Point Latouche 59.90189, -139.6509459°54’7” N 139°39’3” W
Day 11
Naha, Okinawa
November 19, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ -6 °C
Okinawa is Japan's version of Hawaii and also the location of a decisive battle towards the end of WWII in the Pacific. Dominic chose to go on a tour of the battle sites while I opted to learn the traditional dyeing technique of Bingata. Bingata is a similar process to batik except wax was substituted by a starch mixture. My effort will be revealed in a couple of days once it has cured and I have washed out the starch.Read more
Traveler Looking forward to seeing the results. A very interesting process.
11/19/23Reply
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Traveler Around the world
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- Sep 24, 2023, 8:00 AM
- ☀️ 4 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Aquadulce Creek 59.917433, -139.6100359°55’3” N 139°36’36” W
Day 48
Morgenstund hat……….
September 24, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Gegen 8:00 wurde ich wach, der Hubbard Gletscher sollte gegen 9:00 erreicht werden. Eisschollen auf dem Wasser zeigten, dass wir wohl früher am Ziel sein würden.
Der Gletscher ist, wie alles in USA, das größte, schönste, Höchste……. in der Welt.
Der Gletscher ist 122 km lang, durchschnittlich 4,9 kn breit und kommt aus dem Yukon Territories ( bekannt aus Dagobert Duck, Klondike)
Und alles bei herrlicher Morgensonne .
Und breakfast , not at Tiffany, aber mit herrlicher AussichtRead more
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Traveler North Pacific Passage
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- Aug 19, 2019, 7:30 AM
- ☀️ 3 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Disenchantment Bay 59.977634, -139.56817559°58’39” N 139°34’5” W
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Day 12
Sailing into Disappointment Bay
August 19, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Disappointment Bay is where the Hubbard Glacier reaches the ocean. Small floating ice is all around us as we progress as close as we can. Over the 2 1/2 hours we are here, we get to within 1.5 nautical miles of the glacier face.Read more
Traveler You know I will make a comment .😁. That’s definitely not disappointing ! 🙋‍♀️
8/19/19Reply
Traveler Snug and rugged up .
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Traveler Sue & Mark - Canada 2023
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- Sep 20, 2023, 10:52 AM
- 🌧 5 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States New Reef 60.001886, -139.53331760°0’7” N 139°31’60” W
Day 5
Day 5 - Hubbard Glacier
September 20, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
Today was at sea and sailing to the Hubbard Glacier. The weather was awful, raining hard and miserable 🌧️ so I wondered how much we'd see in the murky greyness. Having never seen a glacier I didn't realise it's really white and you can't fail to see it whatever the weather 🤔. Hubbard is the largest in the North American continent and is still growing, in contrast to most glaciers which are shrinking - 11,000 feet above sea level and 76 miles long. It was stunning even in pouring rain - very white and blue. Googled why it looks blue but it's a very scientific explanation which I don't understand (physics wasn't my strong point much to my dad's dismay 😉).
After taking all the pics, and getting soaked, we got changed and went to sit in one of the lovely quiet bars with a coffee and a gin and tonic to do some crosswords. Are we showing our age??
Had a chilled afternoon and then I went to the spa for a 75 min massage and facial - was quite painful to be honest, particularly down the sides of my legs and my lower back, which the therapist said was due to the tightness because of my knees. I've booked Mark in for an acupuncture session to try and ease his back.
We'd booked dinner in one of the speciality restaurants, which you have to pay extra for, and the whole experience would have been lovely except I was starting to feel ever so slightly seasick 🤢. The sea was really choppy and the restaurant was right at the back of the boat, our table (apparently one of the best) looked out over the water. Had it been really calm this may have been amazing but looking at waves bouncing up and down in the dark wasn't any good for me and I struggled to enjoy the food.
We'd wanted to go to the Abba singalong and dance but sadly I just wanted to lie down and take a sickness pill 😦. It did the trick anyway and I went straight to sleep. Happy days 😋Read more
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Alaska Cruise
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- Jun 12, 2023, 4:35 PM
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Gulf of Alaska 59.93, -139.60559°55’48” N 139°36’18” W
Day 3
Hubbard Glacier
June 12, 2023, Gulf of Alaska ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
We sailed all night and all morning across the northeast corner of the open Pacific Ocean. The seas and winds were favorable, though not exactly calm. I was awakened several times over the night by that old, familiar motion of the seas aboard a ship. That ponderous movement, as she rides up to the crest of a swell, that sense of the deck moving away from you as she drops down the other side, that slight shudder as the weight of the ship encounters the next swell and her downward movement is arrested. All accompanied by the low omnipresent growl of the engines propelling you ever forward.

I found the next morning that while the motion may be familiar, my sea-legs are 20 years out of practice. It took me until mid-morning before I stopped weaving back and forth down the passageways. By lunchtime we had come close to land and entered a narrow fjord, and soon we were face-to-face with a massive wall of ice. Hubbard Glacier. We stood at the bow as the glacier emerged from the mist, the cold air sharp in our nostrils. The water was calm, clouds hung low over the snow-kissed hills. Small icebergs littered the area between us and the glacier which stood across the water like a blue-white dam, giving proof of the dynamic process that calves these bergs from their mother.Read more
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Traveler Dana’s Auszeit 2019
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- Aug 28, 2019
- ☀️ 7 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States New Reef 59.99982, -139.5374159°59’59” N 139°32’15” W
Day 38
Hubbard Glacier
August 28, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Heute gibt es Alaska wie aus dem Bilderbuch - schneebedeckte Berge, Gletscher, Seelöwen und das bei strahlendem Sonnenschein. Was soll ich bei den Bildern noch sagen.
Beim Lesen auf dem Balkon am späten Nachmittag muss ich aufpassen keinen Sonnenbrand zu bekommen.Read more
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Traveler Seattle-Alaska
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- Jun 7, 2022, 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Gulf of Alaska 59.829858, -139.66439359°49’47” N 139°39’52” W
Day 14
At Sea- Hubbard Glacier
June 7, 2022, Gulf of Alaska ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We started the day with coffee and pastries delivered to the room. How very civilized.

After a very busy land tour, we were very happy to have a sea day, be able to sleep later, and have a chill day.

About 3 pm we began to cruise along Hubbard Glacier. There just aren't words...

In addition to the enormous glacier, we saw Sea lions basking on ice chunks, and an otter out for a swim.

We had dinner at the French Bistro- Scallops, Goat Cheese croquettes, Fruits de Mer, and Poire Helène for me, Escargots, Fruits de Mer and Maron Clementine for Wayne, and Scallops Duck a L'Orange, and a Chocolate mousse log with a lovely Pinot Noir for Julianna. The waiter also brought us a Floating Island that was quite delicious.

Julianna and I went to the "Rock You Tonight" show featuring music from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Something for everyone. Then at 10:15 we went to watch sunset. It was the first sunset I'd seen while in Alaska, since the sun set at almost 2 am when we were in Fairbanks. This was a Very. Long l. Sunset- and then it still didn't get very dark for a long time.

With memories of another spectacular day, we turned in.Read more
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Traveler Canada & Alaska Summer 2019
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- Aug 4, 2019, 4:58 PM
- ⛅ 9 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States New Reef 59.98213, -139.5634459°58’56” N 139°33’48” W
Day 20
Yakutat Bay and the Hubbard Glacier
August 4, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Bit of a lazy day today. Up late; having now moved to an inside cabin and therefore having no window means the endless Alaskan summer days didn't keep us awake. After spending the morning bumbling about the ship, we saw an excellent author speak about subsistence living in Alaska before going out on deck to see the Hubbard glacier, the biggest tide water glacier in Northern America at 6.5 miles wide and 350ft high at the snout. We watched numerous calvings before changing from warm layers to black tie for the formal evening.Read more
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Traveler Alaska 2024
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- Aug 13, 2024, 4:47 PM
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- United States Disenchantment Bay 59.951214, -139.57371859°57’4” N 139°34’25” W
Day 13
Hubbard Glacier
August 13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Mit einer Länge von 76 Meilen ist der Hubbard Gletscher der weltgrößte Gletscher, der im Meer endet. Sehr beeindruckend!
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