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Hubbard Glacier, Alaska(2019)
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Alaska & Spokane, WA
Aug-Sept 2019
We sailed into the inlet in the morning
 
 
Some passengers boarded an excursion boat to sail very close to the glacier
Our ship sailed toward the glacier
 
The glacier is 7 miles across. We are still far away
The view of the glacier from our balcony
Many ice floes broken off from the glacier floated by
   
We continued to approach the glacier
 
 
 
The best view was here from the bow of the ship

The ship remained close to the glacier for hours
We watched the glacier calving large segments into the water all along its face

The calving processes are captured in the photo sequences below
 
 
 
 
 
The ship got as close as 1/2 mile from the glacier
We returned to our balcony as the ship sailed away from the glacier
Calving continued as we sailed away