Year 6 take 2 - Day 4

Sun. Water, Boats and ICE! All aboard at 9am this morning. Fired up and ready to go we took out seats on the outside deck. Bundled up and cold. There were 8 hours ahead of us of water, ice, glaciers, wildlife and sun. It was amazing. Hands down the best so far.

Wildlife seen:
7 humpback whales
a ton of porpoise's
Otters
Sea Lions
jumping Salmon
Fin Whales (apparently rare)
Seals
Puffins
Tiny little birds that are cousins of the penguin (common mirrors?)
A ton of other birds
Jellyfish (Huge groups of them that change the color of the water)

When you approach a glacier that is 1 mile wide, 6 miles long and 400 feet tall and you are in a boat with ice chunks floating all around you. it is COLD. Your eyes hurt, your skin wants to crawl in a hole and you cant feel most of your fingers. Surreal and one of the  most awe inspiring things I have ever seen.

We were served dinner on a private island called Fox island. Dinner was fresh salmon, prime rib and king crab legs. I was hoping the boat would leave me behind and I could live there permanently, but alas I came back to shore with everyone else.

What a perfect day. The water was like glass. The wind was low, the sun was out. Cant wait to see more of my new favorite state tomorrow.

Until then.