Today led us on an eight hour boat ride into Glacier Bay. We saw many animals including Steller’s sea lions, harbor seals, a couple of humpback whales, a grizzly bear sow and her cub, a brown bear, mountain goats, oodles of birds including pelagic cormorants, bald eagles, tufted puffins, black legged kittiwakes and pigeon guillemots.
We visited a number of tidal glaciers (feed into the water) including the Grand Pacific, Lamplugh, and Reid; and watched the Margerie Glacier calve (see photos). We saw a lot of icebergs (small, not titanic sized) and lots of hanging glaciers (do not reach the water).
We were even blessed with a clear view of Mount Fairweather, which at 15,300 is the highest peak in the visible mountains (see photo). Despite weather predictions of rain, the day began and ended in fog and mist, but was absolutely wonderfully sunny with fluffy clouds while we were in the glacial areas.
Tonight we went to the Bear track Inn, which was lovely. We were served by Claudia, whom we met on yesterday’s whale watch. For the second evening in a row, Todd, our captain from the whale watch and his family dined at the same place we went. I wonder if he will join us tomorrow night at the Gustavus Inn.
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