From Vancouver to Alaska on ms. StatendamFor Alaska go: Alaska; Sam and Fatima, for Vancouver and Whistler go: Vancouver and Whistler | |
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First stop out of Vancouver: Ketchikan |
Does the name Ketchican have something to do with Quechua, the languages of the Incas? |
Sandra´s first bear |
King crabs are delicious and enormous |
Sandra going for it. |
Sandra as co-pilote in the helicopter to the glaciers near Juneau. |
Going up a valley near Juneau |
First glacier in sight. |
A monster of a glacier. |
When ice is under a lot of pressure it turns blue. |
Beautiful. |
Our pilot (left) and the second in command of the Satendam (right). |
The the fligh boat, a bathtub with a airplane engine. |
At the edge of the glacier. |
A glacier is like a living thing, it grumbles and moves all the time. |
A weird kind of ice cone, reproducing small ones. |
As is if she does it everyday, I was scared racing between blocks of ice in 0 degree water. |
Magical beautiful. |
Just beautiful. |
Glad we saw this. |
We fly-boated along the complete 2.5 km long foot of the glacier. |
Sandra as relaxed as can be. |
All this water, the birth place of one of the many Alaskan rivers, is just over 2 feet deep and around 0° Celsius. |
Back to the helicopter´s landing-pad. |
Sandra´s boys :-). |
Fly-boat and helicopter. |
Ready to fly back. |
The glacier from above. |
A sink hole in the glacier, 500 meters wide. |
In Alaska, the rivers start at the top of the mountains. |
Another glacier reaching a cliff. |
Sandra utterly enjoying the ride. |
Going down to the edge of another glacier. |
There are many of these small lakes with melt water. |
Going back to the airport. |
Last curve before landing. |
Back on the ground in Juneau. |
Me and a moose. |
Back on the ship. |
Teak, this is 20 year old teak of the ship´s deck. |
Just beauty. |
And beauty. |
Amazing landscapes. |
Beauty enjoying beauty. |
In every direction the sights were different. |
Hundreds of birds on a small iceberg. |
Seagull, glacier, land and sea. |
When blocks fall, the glacier makes a lot of spooky grumbling noices. |
The MS Satatendam sliding by the glaciers. |
Now ready to steam to Seward, Alaska. |
For Alaska go: Alaska; Sam and Fatima, for Vancouver and Whistler go: Vancouver and Whistler |