After leaving the Hubbard Glacier area yesterday, we cruised to Glacier Bay National Park. Today was another day of “cruising only,” with no available shore excursions. The captain cruised 65 miles through the Park so that we could view numerous glaciers. During mid-day we had a “group” lunch with 24 guests that were all part of this West of The Moon travel agency outing. Besides the hosts Randy and Owen, we knew a few of the others and made new friends. While cruising the bay, an NPS ranger narrated, and if you had your National Park Passport, you could get your stamp for this national park. In the evening, Alan and I saw several whales spouting, but we didn’t see any breeches so we couldn’t snap any pictures.
Cruising to Glacier Bay
Reid Glacier is 11 miles long.
Another cruise ship was leaving the bay as we entered.
Margerie Glacier is a 21 mile long tidal glacier. A tidal glacier terminates at the end of the ocean and tends to calve, which is where large pieces of ice break off from the glacier's front and fall into the water, forming icebergs.
Lamplugh Glacier is eight miles long. The NPS park ranger narrating this day shared that park rangers were able to visit this glacier by land which was a truly unique experience for them.