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Glaciers |
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We went on a glacier cruise - got to see 26 of the named glaciers of Prince William Sound. Some of the ice has been there for thousands of years. |
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A glacier. Notice the blue ice. The ice absorbs all light except for blue and that shows through |
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A waterfall leading down from a melting hanging glacier |
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Small iceberg in the water. There were two seals on that piece of ice, a mom and her pup. |
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The town of Whittier. It's a town of a couple hundred people. There are only two buildings to house all those people and this building is one of them |
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Two otters in the water. They otter watch out so they don't get run over by the boat |
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This is Surprise Glacier. It's a mile across and several hundred feet high. This is a tidewater glacier. It goes all the way into the water. Glaciers like this one "calve" or have pieces of ice fall off into the water, creating the icebergs |
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Wayne and me in front of one of the tidewater glaciers. |
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Glacier with blue ice |
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