At Sea: En Route to Hubbard Glacier
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Happy 4th of July to our US readers … on and off the ship.
Today we get to see a glacier we’ve not seen before.
But first, we are spending much of the day at sea to get there for our designatedRead more
Happy 4th of July to our US readers … on and off the ship.
Today we get to see a glacier we’ve not seen before.
But first, we are spending much of the day at sea to get there for our designatedRead more
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 1.5Read more
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 theRead more
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 thingRead more
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,Read more
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 byRead more
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 amRead more
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 IRead more
The Hubbard Glacier is named after Gardiner Hubbard, who was the founding president of National Geographic. It is 76 miles long and the ice takes around 400 years to reach Disappointment Bay. The faceRead more
At the face of the glacier, it is about the same height as a ten storey building. You hear the creaking and then a sound like a rifle shot, soon after a chunk of ice falls off the face. This is calledRead more
You might also know this place by the following names:
Yakutat City and Borough, Ville-arrondissement de Yakutat
Traveler Excited to see Hubbard Glacier!